Authorizes the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to collaborate on the development of a sustainable bio-aviation fuel-from-forest-biomass sector in the state.

GREENVILLE, TN - Berkline/BenchCraft Holdings, LLC has filed a petition for voluntary bankruptcy with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. Trade creditors include Chinese furniture manufacturers owed more than $8 million; and $250,000 due Blue Cross of Alabama.

Rikon Power Tools, Inc. says it is offering a new five year product warranty program in celebration of its tenth anniversary.

Execs from Woodworking Network, which includes this website and Wood & Wood Products, Custom Woodworking Business, and CLOSETS magazines, will present free seminars at the AWFS Fair woodworking industry show this summer. AWFS Fair runs July 20-23 in Las Vegas.

Drew Industries Incorporated (NYSE: DW), a furniture, door and window supplier for recreational vehicles and manufactured homes, $9.4 million in net income, a 28 percent rise, for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011.

Bassett Furniture Industries is among the principal equity holders in the newly formed International Market Centers, L.P. (IMC). Formed a $1 billion investment, IMC unites the High Point Market and Las Vegas Market. Furniture industry vet Robert Maricich, one-time Century Furniture president, is CEO.

Weinig Tech Expo 2011 takes place May 12-13 at the woodworking machinery company's U.S. headquarters and brand new showroom in Mooresville, NC.

At its annual spring meeting, the Composite Panel Assn. recognized U.S. and Canadian member plants for their exemplary 2010 safety records.

Residential construction rose by a strong 2.6 percent in March, driven by improvements to existing housing, which climbed 6.9 percent for the month.

U.S. timberland ownership has taken a dramatic shift to private ownership, says a new report, with large public firms selling almost 44 percent of their holdings in the last decade. The change will affect supplies of lumber of wood manufacturing firms in all segments.