President Obama visited window production plant Thompson Creek Window Company on January7.

New Energy Technologies Inc. announced that independent corroboration of early power modeling for the company’s SolarWindow has spurred active development of advanced ‘commercial-use’ models for calculating power production and energy savings for the first-of-its-kind technology capable of generating electricity on glass while remaining see-through.

The value of softwood logs and lumber exported from North America to China reached more than $1.6 billion in 2010, 150 percent higher than the previous year and more than 10 times as much as in 2006, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly.

TOCCOA, GA -- Osborne Wood Products installed new industrial shredder that will recycle cardboard into a more eco-friendly packing material to replace the use of foam "peanuts."

Ashley Furniture HomeStore announced it had increased the number of stores in its network by 21 in 2010, for a total of 422.

NORTH PALM BEACH, FL -- Carls Furniture, a Florida-based home furniture retailer, announced it will close stores in North Palm Beach and Stuart.

HIGH POINT, NC -- Accounting and Consulting firm Smith Leonard reported that new orders of furniture for October were down 5% from the same period a year ago, as gaged by its monthly survey of furniture manufacturers and distributors.

STANLEYTOWN, VA -- Stanley Furniture, a manufacturer and importer of wood casegoods, has sold two of its U.S. manufacturing plants for $4.9 million.

CHARLOTTE, NC -- Wood Tech Summit, the newest educational component of next month's Closets & Home Organization Conference & Expo, will feature a pair of free interactive panel discussions.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Stiles Machinery Inc. announced the formation of a new finishing program through which it will offer technology manufactured by four European companies to its U.S. customers.