Cabinetry finishing and design trends at this week's Kitchen & Bath Industry show in Las Vegas lead the news, with bustling floors and high-profile exhibitions by Merillat, KraftMaid, Wellborne and many others. Storms and floods again plagued the nation, and woodworking businesses.

Woodworking Network bloggist Rick Hill is among the speakers at the AWFS College of Woodworking Knowledge (CWWK) education program at AWFS Fair in Las Vegas, July 20 – 23, 2011.

At the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show a number of companies are displaying cabinetry and accessories targeted to multi-generational family homes, including those with aging populations.

Business furnishings manufacturer Geiger International, which announced plans last week to expand manufacturing operations in North Carolina, confirmed it is acquiring a 97,000-square-foot plant being vacated by Cox Manufacturing, in Hildebrand, NC.

Wood manufacturing finishing supplier Graco Inc. (NYSE: GGG) says it buy the finishing businesses of Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) in a $650 million cash transaction.

Wood fuel plant to go online by end of April.

The wood-focused events are scheduled Oct. 15-19, 2011.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Knape & Vogt said it will expand its Grand Rapids manufacturing operations to move some of its furniture drawer slide production from Taiwan to Grand Rapids.

COMMERCE, CA -- The Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America (WMMA), a trade association of U.S. manufacturers of woodworking machinery, cutting tools and supplies announced the revision of American National Standard Institute (ANSI) standard for fixed angled jump saws, Safety Requirements for Woodworking Machinery Safety Requirements, O1.1-2009.

NORTH ARLINGTON, NJ -- Sterling Seating Inc. was fined $117,600 for 34 safety and health violations at its North Arlington facility by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.