Monarch Industries, Inc., a major East Coast store fixture manufacturer, is selling a wide range of woodworking machinery. The surplus equipment, no longer required in the continuing operations of Monarch Industries, is available immediately for sale by Hilco Industrial LLC in cooperation with Stiles Machinery Inc.

Bella Cera Floors launches premium hardwood flooring planks hand stained like furniture with two passes of Valspar coatings. The Amalfi Coast Series also has 4"/6"/8" variable-width planks

Hammered by fierce tornadoes that killed at least 139 people, and destroyed thousands of homes – the community of Joplin, MO received a 52-foot Ashley Furniture truck sent from Alabama and loaded with critical supplies for residents in the storm-ravaged community.

Almost 59% of North American hardwood lumber exporters surveyed last month are exporting a higher percentage of their production in 2011 than in 2010, with only 7% exporting a lower percentage

Apple's supplier closed iPad plants as three died in a combustible dustt explosion. Rehau said it plans to open a laser edgeband production plant in Montreal, as new edgeband technology rolls out at Interzum and Ligna. Other top stories: Ex-Factory's biofuel move; EMI builds a millwork plant in Texas.

HANNOVER, GERMANY -- Biesse plans to invest 40 million Euros ($58 million) over the next three years to build new manufacturing facilities to be closer to its customers in key global markets.

Weinig displayed the Multirex 410, it's first machine manufactured by Holz-Her, which it acquired last year at Ligna 2011.

A furnishings association claims the fate of the Australian woodworking industry is being jeopardized by the environmental group Markets for Change, which is campaigning for consumers to stop purchasing products made from native Australian forest timbers.

The Northeastern Loggers’ Association (NELA) recently honored the Hardwood Forestry Fund, headquartered in Reston, VA, as its 2010 Outstanding Management of Resources Award