Keynote speakers for the tenth wood manufacturing Executive Briefing Conference, March 4-6, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina, include Robert Stevenson and Jeffrey Karrenbauer.

KWW Cabinets & Bath signed a 5-year lease for a 123,221-square-foot warehouse in San Leandro, CA. The firm sells cabinetry, flooring and countertops.

St. Croix Valley Hardwoods Forest Products Division was acquired by Aetna Plywood, Maywood, IL distributors of wood, wood panels, laminate, solid surface and woodworking hardware.

The Composite Panel Association (CPA) Board approved a proposed revision to the renewable biomass definition published in the Farm Bill.

LEESBURG, VA -- The Composite Panel Association Board of Directors elected its 2012 officers as well as new and re-elected members of its board and other leadership positions.

BURLINGTON, VT -- The Boy Scouts of America received the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) President’s Award.

MENOMINEE FALLS, WI — Retail interior environments manufacturer TJ Hale has purchased A.J. Pietsch, a fine millwork manufacturer in Milwaukee.

HEALDSBURG, CA -- Fire caused damage estimated at $500,000 at Nu Forest Products, a lumberyard and mill near downtown Healdsburg.

TOCCOA, GA - A jury found Art & Frame Direct Inc. and World of Decor Inc. liable for $1.3 M for importing and distributing unauthorized copies of of Habersham's bed, bookcase, table and other furniture designs.

China is on track to buy $2.6 billion in in lumber and logs from Nonrth America. Canada is selling pine-beetle damaged milled lumber; the U.S. sells logs.