ZEELAND, MI -- Office furniture manufacturer Herman Miller Inc. has opened what it calls its first company store in Tokyo Japan.

CCI Media LLC says it has acquired CabinetMakerFDM from WATT Publishing Co.

RESTON, VA -- The 45th edition of the Where to Buy Hardwood Plywood, Veneer and Engineered Hardwood Flooring Buyers' Guide and Membership Directory is now available from the Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Association.

Dept. of Commerce says it "preliminarily determined" Chinese wood bedroom furniture manufacturers did indeed dump goods on the U.S. market, making "sales to the United States at prices below normal value" in 2009, and retroactive tariffs will be levied. China furniture tariffs were among the top stories from a week of blizzards, closures, and fires.

HIGH POINT, NC -- Diamond Hill Plywood Co. (DHP), based in Darlington, NC, was named 2011 Supplier of the Year by the Southern Building Materials Association’s (SBMA).

Hardwood trade groups say they are nearing launch of a promotion hardwood as a brand, through the United Hardwood Brand

SAN JOSE, CA -- World demand for composite wood panels is expected to reach 299.3 million cubic meters by 2015, according to a new report by Global Industry Analysts Inc.

Top stories this week included confirmation by the Dept. of Commerce that China wood bedroom furniture is dumped, which means tariffs will be set on the exporters. Huck Group closed to plants, and the blizzards wreaked havoc with woodworking firms.

The woodworking events will work together on the upcoming Feria Valencia show.

NORWAY, ME -- An early-morning fire destroyed a 33-year-old furniture business Tuesday that had already been reeling from the economic return.