AWFS Fair 2011, the woodworking industry's largest show of the season, honors the best new products for creativity, quality, and innovation with its Sequoia Awards. Nominees are in five categories: Environmental, Ergonomics, Safety, Innovative Technology and Productivity.

An architectural millwork and woodworking business in San Diego, Montbleau and Associates, Inc., was named the 50th fastest growing business in Fortune magazine's Inner City 100, a recognition program established with the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City - icic.org.

Rochester Custom Millwork has been named to Fortune Magazine's Inner City 100, a list of the 100 fastest growing inner city businesses in the United States.

The Emerald Ash Borer, threatening Pennsylvania's $25 billion hardwoods industry, has been discovered in two more counties, says the Pennsylvania agriculture department.

Processed lumber products supplier EcoBlu Products Inc. (OTCBB: ECOB) says it will supply lumber in a partnership with Heroes Village to build 2,000 eco-conscious homes for veterans.

Wood windows and doors will rise 7.7% annually in China, according to a study by the Freedonia Group.

Consumer furniture manufacturer Bassett Furniture says sales at its stores grew 25%, driving an overall revenue rise of 15%. Imports edged up; and it's cash-rich from the sale of the High Point Center.

A shortfall of sawdust for wood pellets will drive use of alternatives for biofuel, predicts Viaspace Green Energy, Inc. The Irvine, CA, grows a variety of grass, Giant King Grass, as a low-carbon fuel for electricity generating power plants

Ontario has become the first Canadian province to brand locally produced wood products.

2010 and 2011 acquisitions give Richelieu, specialty hardware importer and distributor, further momentum for growth.