Global Sticks Inc., a wood products manufacturer specializing in white birch items such as paint stirrers, tongue depressors and ice cream confection sticks, has opened a plant in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

TORONTO -- The Woodworking Machinery & Supply Expo (WMS), Canada’s largest woodworking event, takes the stage October 27-29 at the Direct Energy Centre.

JEFFERSONVILLE, IN -- Olon Industries Inc. announced plans to expand and move its profile wrapped wood components operations to a 100,000-square-foot facility in Jeffersonville.

Genetically engineered Loblolly Pine that produce more terpene for use in transportation fuels will be developed by ArborGen and the University of Florida under a $6 million federal grant.

The Western Red Cedar Lumber trade group and the Softwood Group issued calls for building materials firms to embrace uniform standards for assessing environmental analysis of building materials, such as Environmental Product Declarations (EPD).

Universal Forest Products. (Nasdaq: UFPI) says net earnings more than doubled to $5.6 million. But net sales of $468.9 million in the third quarter were down 2.4 percent. "We are pursuing other avenues of growth," says its CEO.

HULL, ENGLAND -- Former Mill's Pride owner Malcolm Heaely is back to work making kitchen cabinets in his native England.

Hulley Woodworking will move to new quarters in Buffalo, after acquiring a 6,400 square foot hardware store in Kenmore, New York, for $175,000.

Adam Gwin Fine Furniture has opened a new shop in Natchez, Mississippi. Gwin specializes in classic wood reproductions and eclectic traditional, some of it from reclaimed wood.