Wood industry technology expected at the International Woodworking Fair, as the trade show managers release the finalists in the 2012 Challengers Distinguished Achievement Awards.

A Quebec sawmill will resume operations supported by over $1.6 million in loans and grants from local governments. Ten millworkers and 30 forest workers will be hired by Petit-Saguenay Sawmill.

Hooker Furniture more than doubled net income for the first quarter of its fiscal year despite experiencing an 11.4% drop in sales.

Vance Communications Canada announces that the 2012 edition of Salon Industriel du Bois Ouvré (SIBO) will not be held.

Members of the Association of Closet and Storage Professionals (ACSP) will participate in a full-day closet seminar at the 2012 International Woodworking Fair in Atlanta.

The Window and Door Manufacturers Assn. (WDMA) and the Fenestration Manufacturers Assn. (FMA) have agreed in principle to affiliate and eventually integrate operations. The merger is expected to take effect in January 2015.

Update: Twenty wood manufacturing products from 19 companies have been named finalists in the 2012 Challengers Distinguished Achievement Awards competition, advancing one step in the competition. Winners will be announced August 22.

American Woodmark Corp., manufacturer and distributor of kitchen cabinets and vanities, saw a net sales increase of 14% for fiscal year 2012. a net loss of $20 million.

The Global Forest Coalition (GFC) has attacked international furniture retailer IKEA for allegedly participating in the logging of pine trees 200 to 600 years old in Karella located on Russia's western border.

The U.S. Green Building Council announced it will delay the ballot on LEED 2012 until June 1, 2013, in order to enable the marketplace to fully view the program changes.