LUDWISGHAFEN, GERMANY - BASF is investing $30 million in the U.S technology firm Renmatix Inc., which has patterned a process to cost effectively produce industrial sugar from lignocellulosic biomass including wood, cane trash and straw.

SPRING LAKE, MI - Dynamic Wood Solutions, a manufacturer of commercial casework, millwork and store fixtures, has moved into a facility more than double the size of its former operation.

Laminate Technologies, manufacturer of laminated panels and components, will invest more than $2 million to open a manufacturing facility in Henry County, VA.

It was with great interest that I read recently Ashley Furniture HomeStore’s naming of the top furniture trends of 2012.

Architectural Woodwork Institute Georgia Chapter will fund new high school woodshop education sites for WoodLINKS USA, and send teachers to IWF 2012 training sessions in August.

Biesse S.p.A., which manufactures woodworking machinery, announced its subsidiary Biesse HK Ltd. acquired the Centre Gain Group, based in Hong Kong, for HKD 105 million (EUR 9.6 million).

A Los Angeles furniture manufacturer must rename his business, settling the latest in a series of trademark infringement suits Century Furniture llc, Hicktory, NC. (A video tour of Century is featured.)

BURNS LAKE, BC - Sheraton Holdings Ltd. said it will reopen its sawmill next month in the same remote community that experienced a devastating mill explosion and fire last month that killed two workers and severely injured several others.

JACKSON, MS – Franklin Lumber Co. of Bude, MS, which has been cited for 22 violations, including combustible dust, by the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration.

Cherry, maple and alder wood cabinetry is in decline, says the National Kitchen & Bath Association, as designers move to other wood types, including oak and bamboo, which have doubled in use.