Office furniture manufacturer Haworth Inc. announced it will phase out production at its components plant in Douglas, MI, in the next 18 months as part of plan to consolidate its three West Michigan facilities.

Home improvement company, West Shore Window & Door, was selected by Wal-Mart to open a home design center in one of its local stores.

Fancher Chair has selected Universal Steel Buildings to supply and construct a 9,600-square-foot building to expand the existing warehouse capacity of the 200-year-old manufacturing company.

Laguna Tools recently announced a number of new developments impacting its solid wood and panel processing machinery.

Linwood Furniture LLC, recently regarded as a Made-in-America furniture success story, has moved from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7 setting the stage for its machinery and other assets to be sold to reimburse some of the more than $6 million owed to creditors.

OFM, a manufacturer and distributor of office and school furniture, and stapler maker Swingline, have joined together to cosponsor the tongue-in-cheek Hands Off My Stapler Contest.

Verellen Furniture's High Point, NC factory is growing, exploiting the appeal of environmentally friendly manufactured upholstered furniture. A key decision: insourcing instead of outsourcing manufacture, says president Tom Verellen.

U.S. Home Systems, Inc. says its merger with Home Depot's cabinet refinishing unit, THD At-Home Services, Inc., has found no alternate offers, and has been okayed by the Federal Trade Commission. Four shareholder groups are fighting it.