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

ST. LOUIS -- Furniture Brands International plans to develop an existing facility in Merida, on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, to provide cut-and-sew kits for its U.S.-based upholstery operations.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- American Seating said it became the first North American fixed-seating manufacturer to produce chairs with curved plywood backs that are not only Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified, but also contain no added urea formaldehyde (NAUF).

DALLAS -- U.S. Home Systems Inc. CFO Rober DeFronzo presented at the Sidoti & Company LLC semi-annual New York Micro-Cap Conference today in New York City.

BROOKLYN, NY -- "Not Your Mother's...!" is the debut furniture collection of Think Fabricate, recently co-founded by Susan Doban and Jason Gorsline.