Diversified manufacturer Leggett & Platt announced the promotion of Perry Davis to the position of president of the Residential Furnishings Segment. The move is effective Feb. 18, 2012.

As its MasterBrand Cabinets, Simonton Windows and Tru-Temp Doors spins off, Fortune Brands names Sherwin Williams COO to the new Fortune Brands Home & Security business.

At its 2011 fall meeting, the Wood Component Manufacturers Assn. announced board changes for the coming year.

MasterBrand Cabinets will lay off approximately 150 workers as it shifts the production of its Aristokraft cabinets from Kinston, NC, to the company’s manufacturing facility in Ferdinand, IN.

Video of Log Furniture Place, an online maker and retailer of log furnishings, shows a custom built rough hewn bed design that achieved star status - on True Blood, an HBO series centering around the lives and loves of vampires.

OWSON, MD -- -Porter=Cable sponsored the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 University of Maryland team.

Colorado pine lumber with a blue tinge is looking green to Gene Myers, CEO of New Town Builders. The Denver firm will specifiy Blue Stained Pine, lumber from pine trees infected by the Pine Beetle in Colorado.

The Association of Retail Environments (A.R.E..) is accepting entries for the 41st annual A.R.E. Design Awards.

INDIO, CA -- Swisstrax Corp.,a manufacturer and distributor of Snap-On interlocking modular tiles for garage floors and other areas, has entered into online distribution agreements with Greatmats and Allied Trade Group Inc. to distribute its product line.

BOISE, ID -- RedBuilt, a supplier of engineered lumber products, is acquiring certain Standard Structures Inc. (SSI) assets, including equipment, raw materials inventory and intellectual property.