The Composite Panel Assn. has voted to amend its Eco-Certified Composite (ECC) Sustainability Standard CPA 4-11 to include value-added products.

Kimball International Inc. recorded a 7% gain in net sales of its furniture products for fiscal 2012 Q3, despite a 10% overall net sales decline in the quarter for the corporation, compared to 2011.

Homeowners are personalizing their space during a remodel as the tough housing market forces more people to stay, rather than move; 26 percent will stay 16-20 years longer because home values dropped.

An estimated 600 exhibitors from 40 countries are expected at ORGATEC 2012, the International Trade Fair for Office and Facility.

Wood machinery trade groups WMIA and WMMA, part owners of the International Woodworking Fair, jointly bought out partner American Home Furnishings Alliance's one-third interest in the IWF trade show. WMMA and WMIA will now own and operate the show independently.

Video shows Selected Furniture's current Chicago operation, which will be combined in an Indiana plant with a wood manufacturing operation relocating there from China. Fires, explosions and OSHA actions topped wood news this week.

Patrick Industries Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of building and component products for the recreational vehicle (RV), manufactured housing (MH) and industrial markets, posted first quarter sales of $102.7 million, an increase of 47.8% compared to Q1 2011.

A high rise forest is under construction in Milan in a pair of apartment towers at Bosco Verticale, the tallest of which is 27 stories