WorkSafeBC, investigating the deadly sawmill explosions at Babine Forest Products and Lakeland Mills, said ignition sources for each of the accidents appear to have been located at the conveyor level where electrical and/or mechanical equipment was in operation.

Struggling through Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Lumber Products announces 65 layoffs in Tualatin, OR.

Consumers embrace American-made furniture as wood manufactures ally and governments provide support.

Concepts in Cabinetry (Zamco Inc.) has been cited with 14 safety and health violations by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Proposed penalties total $45,000.

The alleged arson of a wood shop at Woodburn High School Friday morning has resulted in the arrest of three 15-year-old students of the school.

A saw dust collection system caught fire Thursday morning at the plant of window and door manufacturer Jeld-Wen, according to KTVZ.COM. Separately, Jeld-Wen door facings plant under construction in Louisiana.

North American hardwood sawmills reported steady lumber sales last week but popular shortage could impact prices.

A dairy barn converted to manufacture Baldwin Apple Ladders, used by apple orchard pickers around the country for more than 20 years, was destroyed in a fire yesterday.

Cabinet sales increased 3 percent March 2012, reports the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association, though custom cabinetry sales fell 8.1 percent. Quarterly sales rose 3 percent.

Contract furniture giant Haworth Inc. said it has sold its wholly-owned subsidiary Groupe Lacasse to an independent investment group headed by Sylvain Garneau, president of the Saint-Pie, QUE-based company since 2010.