Contract furniture manufacturer OFS Brands has been awarded LEED Silver certification for its Cool Springs Stables and Maintenance facility.

Newell Rubbermaid president and CEO, Mark D. Ketchum announced plans to retire. Wood manufacturing brands Amerock hardware and Lenox saws blades and drill bits

ST. CLOUD, MN -- Mathew Hall Lumber, a fifth generation-owned distributor of lumber and building products, was named a winner of the 2010 PROSALES Excellence Award for its interactive website.

ST. LOUIS -- Broyhill Furniture, a division of Furniture Brands International, appointed Mark Stephens to succedd Jeffrey Cook, who resigned from Broyhill to become president of A.R.T. Furniture.

BRISTOL, RI -- FoldingTablesNow, a DisplayShops specialty site, has unveiled a new line of designer plywood tables targeted toward trade shows.

LAC MEGNATIC, QC -- BESTAR, a manufacturer of ready-to-assemble furniture and particelboard components, announced its new strategic directions, which includes a new corporate logo and website.

OTTAWA, ON -- A seasonal lull in condo and apartment construction was largely responsible for a 13.4% decline in housing starts in Canada.

About 1,000 Haitians have received temporary wood cabin structures from Haitian Relief & Missions. Cabin kits are built in Ohio by JDM Structures, Alpine Structures and Miller Storage Barns, then shipped via sea container to Haiti for assembly by HRM.

OTTAWA, ON -- The "mini-boom" experienced by the Canadian wood products industry in the final months of 2010 should continue in 2010, albeit at a slower pace, according to the Conference Board of Canada.

Business furnishings manufacturer Herman Miller reached 14.5 percent spending with minority-owned businesses