Woodworking Industry News

Woodworking Industry News

Wood Week: Klaussner buyout, Harney closes, Bush casegoods

Klaussner Home Furnishings's management buyout and Bush Furniture's quick-to-assemble casegoods technology, announced during the NC residential furniture show at the High Point Market, lead the news. Auctions at big wood door plants, Harney Woodworking's shut down, new hiring at wood panel plants, and a furniture plant reopening, plus a fire and Audi launches a wood bicycle line.

Woodworking Industry News

Lumber: Weekly Pricing Trends

Domestic demand for hardwood is weak, report the editors of Hardwood Review. Foreign markets are expanding, so a larger share of U.S. hardwood lumber production is being exported than at any time in history. For now, “exports are driving the bus,” one lumberman said.