U.S. kitchen and bath cabinetry amounts to a $6.69 billion dollar industry. That's the word in a new market study size by the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Assn.

A sluggish economy and housing market will continue to hamper home improvement spending well into next year, says Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies.

Cabinetry firm Superior Woodcraft hosts an open house with Carlisle Wide Plank Flooring and demonstrates Warmboard, a multi-layered plywood subflooring encased in aluminum with heating tubes embedded.

The Forest Stewardship Council is looking to hire an advocacy director.

Tablesaw safety rules moved closer this week as the Consumer Products Safety Commission signaled it is moving ahead on the controversial regulations. Furniture manufacturer Knoll had an earnings report that showed the firm is ever more productive, and profitable. Profits leapt 30.9 percent as sales rose 18.5 percent.

L. & J.G. Stickley, a manufacturer of handcrafted solid wood and upholstered furniture, has named Blain Wrench vice president of sales.

TORONTO -- Wood Tech Summit, a collection of free interactive presentations, will be held during the 2011 Woodworking Machinery & Supply Expo, October 27-29 at the Direct Energy Centre.

TORONTO -- More than 20 woodworking equipment manufacturers that belong to the Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America (WMMA) will exhibit at the Woodworking Machinery & Supply Expo (WMS), Octobetr27-29 at the Direct Energy Centre, downtown Toronto.

SCHOPFLOCH, GERMANY -- Homag Group AG announced it will eliminate 180 positions as part of its evolving restructuring and consolidation plan that includes shutting down two woodworkng machinery manufacturing plants.