Swedwood’s Danville, VA, site manager Ken Brown responded to questions raised by a recent LA Times article about working conditions at the woodworking plant.

Grand Forest Wood Floors, Bardstown, KY, will begin distributing its custom flooring products directly.

Rubbermaid has expanded its professional closet cabinetry offerings, with new online design applications directly linked to its production plant in Jackson, MO.

A biomass pellet and sawmill operation in Mt. Pleasant, IA is seeking investors or a buyer, says Equity Partners, Inc.

Rev-A-Shelf LLC, a manufacturer of cabinet storage accessories announced it has acquired the inventory and certain other assets of Illinois based StorAway Solutions Inc.

Despite the angst over furniture imports, the U.S. is also significant exporter of wood residential furniture, which increased 10.4% to $685 million in 2010—the second best total ever, say the editors of Hardwood Review. Canadian purchasing reached at least a 15-year high and exports to China nearly tripled.

Woodworkers for IKEA in Sweden get more pay than Swedwood workers, say union organizers. And Berkline workers sue over job losses. Better times could lead to labor unrest, with 81 percent of workers looking around for better jobs, say reports from the woodworking industry Executive Briefing Conference this week

HIGH POINT, NC -- Klaussner Home Furnishings announced the retirement of Steve Brower, senior vice president of sales and marketing.

VANCOUVER, BC -- International Forest Products Ltd., a Pacific Northwest producer of wood products, announced it has collected $57.6 million through the public offering of 8,222,500 Class A Subordinate Voting shares.

MANHATTAN BEACH, CA -- Doug Mockett & Co. awarded four first place awards in its 25th annual design contest.