Accidental fire is the ruling made for the blaze that destroyed the former Bassett Superior Lines furniture plant late last month.

WASHINGTON - Office Depot is recalling approximately 319,000 Biella leather desk chairs after receiving 11 reports of the chairs breaking and consumers falling while seated.

Plywood and panel manufacturer Okaply Industries, which opened a new factory in Calgary, Alberta last fall, says it added a robot and moulding wrapper and laminating lines, one with funding from Investissement Quebec.

100kGarages.com says it has opened its virtual "garage doors" to a wider community of makers, fabricators and designers. According to the company, the free site provides resources for digital design and web tools for finding help.

DUSSELDORF, GERMANY - Pfleiderer AG, a global maker of wood composite panels, has filed an application for insolvency in hopes of implementing its restructuring plan that was recently rejected by the Higher Regional Court in Frankfurt.

Expansions at Indiana Furniture (a 30,000 square foot addition), Norcraft Cabinet's UltraCraft ( added 40 jobs and a second shift) and other plants top the weekly wood industry news, along with a table saw safety technology video.

PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business has raised prices an average of 2% to 10% on all its liquid, powder and electrocoat (E-coat) products in the Asia/Pacific region.

Vecoplan has ramped up manufacturing capabilities at its High Point, NC, facility and added Eduard Dirksen, senior manufacturing engineer.

Masco Corp. has launched a new website showcasing the company's brands.