BALDWYN, MS -- iss. (WTVA) -- One might wonder what attracted more than 50 people to a packed news conference in Prentiss County Monday.

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has extended the public comment period for developing a table saw safety rule by 60 days.

Embassy Millwork, Inc., a custom cabinetry firm, is relocating to Amsterdam, NY and expanding, adding CNC woodworking equipment and employees.

Wood industry and biomass groups are cautiously lauding the Environmental Protection Agency’s revising of standards to reduce hazardous air pollutant emissions from existing and new boilers and commercial and industrial solid waste incinerators.

Silas Samuel Crane of Bassett, VA, has been charged with arson and burglary in the Nov. 21 fire that caused an estimated $1 million in damage to a former J.D. Bassett Furniture plant in Henry County.

Syrian-made wood furniture inlaid with mother of pearl, is prized in the region. But international financial sanctions are blocking export.

Wood trophy manufacturer Smith Wood Industries, Inc. will be auctions December 6 by Heath Industrial, selling CNC machines, dust collectors and laser engravers.

CustomMade, the Boston-based online market for custom woodworkers and other custom craft professionals, says Google Ventures and First Round Capital were among lead investors in a September 2011 round of financing.

La-Z-Boy Inc. (NYSE: LZB) says furniture sales increased 5 percent second quarter 2012, reaching $307.7 million. Net income attributable to La-Z-Boy Incorporated more than doubled to $7.9 million.

Forest products firm UPM says its UPM Timber and UPM Living business units are planning sawmill and plywood production curtailments for the first quarter of 2012, as the European economy faces a slowdown.