Flexsteel Industries, manufacturer of upholstered and wood furniture for residential, recreational vehicle, office, hospitality and healthcare markets, says third quarter sales rose 4.6 percent.

Carousel Works opens its wooden carousel construction and restoration plant for tours of the 22,000 square foot wood shop May 6 and 7, 2011, offering a glimpse of ongoing restorations, including New York's Central Park carousel.

Back-to-back global wood manufacturing shows open in Germany in May: interzum in Cologne May 25-28, and Ligna in Hannover, May 30-June 3

Home improvement spending will see only modest gains this year, dampened by a still-stalled housing recover, says a Harvard housing study.

CLEVELAND -- UV-cured powder coating on MDF and other heat sensitive materials is the theme of Keyland Polymer Ltd.'s new website keylandpolymer.com.

Case goods and seating manufacturer Geiger International announced plans to acquire a manufacturing facility in Hildebran, NC. Geiger will invest $3.7 million over three-years updating and equipping the 97,000-square-foot former Cox Manufacturing plant.

Office furniture maker HNI Corp. (NYSE: HNI) lost $1.8 million despite a sales rise of 9 percent to $396.2 million for the first quarter ending April 2, 2011.

Harry van Beek, 77, former president of Klöckner Pentaplast/Americas from 1977-1999, passed away on April 4, 2011.

Fifty years ago was the last time Rolls Royce created a new luxury Bentley. Since the Bentley line was acquired by Volkswagen, it has launched several new models, including the Mulsanne last year model. Bentley's woodshop is at work handcrafting veneers made from California burr walnut, with a state of the art assist.

Tornadoes and heavy storms felled trees in two wood manufacturing centers, Wisconsin and North Carolina, destroying homes and businesses, including Lincoln Windows in Merrill, WI. The National Weather Service ruffled the manufactured home industry when it estimated 90 percent of North Carolina fatalities were in prefab homes.