Plans are being readied for the all-new Cabinets & Closets Conference & Expo, February 27-March 1. 2013 in Edison, NJ.

Miltec UV, a manufacturer of UV-curing systems and electrodeless bulbs for curing wood and other substrates, promoted John Phillips to technical sales manager.

Fortune Brands Home & Security, parent of Masterbrand Cabinets and Simonton Windows, reported a 5 percent sales rise, to $935 million for the second quarter 2012. Net income of $47.9 million was 8.6 percent higher than the year prior.

NeoCon, North America's largest contract furnishings fair, and other trade events held at the Merchandie Mart, will not be negatively impacted by Google's plans to lease 572,000 square feet of space at the Mart for its newly acquired Motorola Mobility business.

Red cedar clad London Velodrome is one of 19 sites built from Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) lumber and panel.

Voting was cancelled on H.R. 3210, the “Retailers and Entertainers Lacey Implementation and Enforcement Fairness” (RELIEF) Act that would have amended the current Lacey Act.

Finishing room fire, ash borers and pine beetles, soyboard panels. and wood chip sculptures were among the most viewed reports this week at Woodworking Network.

ales of newly built, single-family homes declined 8.4% in June, breaking a two-month streak of gains, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Construction spending in China is expected to continue brisk growth, increasing by an average of 8.8% each year through 2016, according to The Freedonia Group Inc., an industry research firm.