Tournesol Siteworks is giving urban wood a second lease on life in its new line of Boulevard outdoor benches.

More than 1,800 furniture and casegoods products from 41 commercial and institutional furniture manufacturers have been certified under the level program, reports the Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Assn.(BIFMA).

Chuck Saylor, founder and CEO of izzy+, a manufacturer of contract furnishings, assumed the role of president of the Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Assn. at BIFMA's annual breakfast meeting held June 13 during NeoCon.

SILPRO, a new company serving the building trade, announced that Pasquier Panel Products of Sumner, WA, is the company's first licensee to fabricate/market its patented I CHOICE product line.

U.S. sales of residential and commercial cabinetry are expected to increase 8.2% annually to $15.3 billion in 2016, according to a new study by The Freedonia Group Inc.

California Governor Jerry Brown has asked state agencies to reduce the use of toxic flame retardants in upholstered furniture.

The Unfinished Furniture Association is now the Authentic Home Furnishings Association.

Wood waste and biofuel power firm Enerkem Inc. says it has begun producing cellulosic ethanol from used telephone poles at its demonstration facility in Westbury, Québec.

Sonoco (NYSE: SON) nailed wood reels will see an 8.6 percent surcharge, effective July 1, to offset two years of lumber cost increases. But wood prices should soften, the company says.

The U.S. Coast Guard air station in Sitka plans to switch from oil to wood pellets to heat the base in a cost-saving move.