The Great Buzz Off, an event sponsored by the Sustainable Furnishings Council (SFM) during the High Point Market, featured designers Tom Filicia and Raymond Waites.

The wood panel firm has named John Parr to vice president of sales and marketing position.

Timber Products will acquire assets of the Panel Products Div. from The Penrod Company

The wood windows and doors firm’s products are National Fenestration Rating Council-certified.

LAC-MÉGANTIC, QC -- Bestar, a manufacturer of ready-to-assemble furniture, said concessions by union and nonunion employees alike helped it avert a worse year than the $850,000 it lost in 2010.

LYONS FALLS, NY -- CH Energy Group Inc. (CHG) has agreed to sell its Lyonsdale Biomass facility to ReEnergy Holdings LLC of Latham, NY.

HIGH POINT, NC -- U.S. residential furniture shipments increased 2% to open the year compared to January 2010.

Lifetime Doors has closed an Easton, PA plant, placing contents up for auction. Acquired by Monsanto in Oct. 2010, the Farmington Hills, MI-based wood door maker has factories in Denmark, SC, Hearne, TX, Watseka, IL, Sacramento and Los Banos, CA, each averaging 150,000 square feet.

WASHINGTON -- Delta Enterprise Corp. of New York, NY, has reannounced its recall of more than 985,000 drop-side cribs, resulting from the reported death of a second child.

Daubert Chemical has revamped its website, daubertchemical.com, including better search optimization and a new Industry tab.