MARIETTA, GA -- The Wood Component Manufacturers Association has set a busy agenda for 2011, which it kicked off at last week's Closets & Home Organization Conference & Expo in Charlotte, NC.

Public officials of Larimer County, CO say they are curtailing hours of operation for a wood sorting yard intended to stop the spread of pine beetles.

Utility firm Public Service of New Hampshire told local media that the conveyors that deliver wood chips at its Schiller Station in Portsmouth caught fire. The generator, installed in 1952, was converted in 2006 to generate 50 megawatts of electricity from clean wood chips.

ASSAGO, ITALY -- Eumabois, the federation of approximately 800 European woodworking machinery manufacturers, has issued the seventh and final installment of its “Choose the original - Choose success” campaign launched in 2010.

NUEMARKT, GERMANY -- Pfleiderer AG, an international producer of wood composite panels and related products, said it knows it lost money despite growing revenues by 8% in 2010, but has not completed a final calculation to pinpoint how much.

PONOTOC, MS -- Washington Furniture Sales has acquired a 370,000-square-foot plant that formerly housed upholstery manufacturing operations for Lane/Action.

OKOLONA, MS -- United Furniture Industries (UFI), exclusive manufacturer of Simmons upholstered furniture, was cited for repeat and serious safety violations by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Tree trimmings, wood chips and reclaimed urban lumber will fuel a generator being developed by the University of British Columbia. Governmental agencies in Canada granted $11.2 million in added funding for the project, which is the first North American project constructed with cross laminated timber.

Business furnishings manufacturer Kimball Office says that all of its Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) certified seating lines have received Indoor Advantage Gold certification

TOANO, VA -- Hardwood Liquidators, a hardwood flooring specialty retailer, reported an 11.8% sales increase and 17% net income decline. The company also named William K. Schlegel chief merchandising officer.