Hanwha co-sponsored a focus group with Wilsonart International on interior design trends by architects and residential designers.

Adams Bros. Cabinetry, Inc., a Punta Gorda, FL architectural millwork firm doing business as the Adams Group, will invest $5 million to relocate and expand in North Port, FL.

United Woodworking cleared; J2 Custom Cabinetry fire; Craftsman power tools; woodworkers' union rights

MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- Western Construction Inc. has appointed Gary Swanson to its Replacement Window team.

BIRMINGHAM, AL -- David Arthur Groover, 39, of Hartselle, AL, pleaded guilty in federal court to arson in connection with the January fire that did $500,000 in damage at Hartselle Plywood and Lumber Co., a firm that builds cabinetry for mobile homes.

LAS VEGAS -- The Interior Design Society National Conference will be held in conjunction with the Las Vegas Market, Jan. 22-23.

LEESBURG, VA -- North American composite panel shipments in November totaled 387 MMSF (3/4” basis), down 1% compared to the same month a year ago., according to the Composite Panel Association.

SEATTLE -- CHI·LLC of Seattle announced a strategic partnership with Trainor Modular Walls to introduce Trainor’s M-Wall catalog of full-height modular walls, doors, and hardware, to Herman Miller’s Z-Axis 3D sales and design software used by office furniture dealerships.

WASHINGTON -- Home builders are no less or more bullish on the market for newly built, single-family homes in December than they were in November, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).

ROGUE RIVER, OR -- Murphy Plywood is betting $3.6 million that the housing market will continue to improve as it reopened a dormant plywood plant and put108 people back to work.