The third draft of LEED 2012, open for comment, falls short by not encouraging more use of lumber and other wood products, says Corey Brinkema, president of FSC-US

WILMINGTON, NC - GreatPricedFurniture.com Inc., which billed itself as "North Carolina's Largest On-Line Furniture Dealer," goes on the auction block Tuesday, March 21.

Armstrong Cabinets' eco-friendly cabinet line, Origins, is featured in LivingHomes' new C6 prefab home, designed through a partnership with Make It Right, a nonprofit co-founded by actor Brad Pitt and architect William McDonough.

The National Hardwood Lumber Assn. is teaming up with Purdue and the Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen's Assn. to offer a 10-week training program for NHLA Hardwood Lumber Inspectors.

Four more wood industry equipment manufacturers and suppliers made commitments to exhibit at IWF 2012, the largest North American wood industry show this year.

DULUTH, GA - SCM Group North America plans to display a wide variety of woodworkinng equipment at the 2012 International Woodworkinng Fair in Atlanta.

CHARLOTTE, NC - Biesse SpA announced it will participate at the International Woodworking Fair in Atlanta, August 22-25.

Shelves that Slide, a manufacturer of custom pull out wood shelving, introduced a line of pull out rattan baskets with birch wood frames from Rev-A-Shelf.

LAVAL, QC - Quebec’s premier industrial woodworking event, Salon Industriel du Bois Ouvré, will be held October 18-19, 2012 at Forzani Place in Laval.

L’événement du bois industriel de premier ordre, Salon Industriel du Bois Ouvré, se tiendra le 18 et 19 octobre, 2012 à Place Forzani.