WASHINGTON -- Robert Bosch Corp. of Mt. Prospect, IL, has voluntarily recalled approximately 20,000 hammer drills due to a potential electrical shock hazard.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- The 3rd Dollars & Sense of Going Green Conference has garnered widespread support from throughout the wood products industry.

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has extended its antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from China, ruling that without it, the competitiveness of the U.S. furniture industry would be in jeopardy.

Business furniture firm Haworth auctions an entire plant full of office furnishings manufacturing equipment, as it decommissions its Calgary, AB plant in Canada. Haworth also reported a Michigan spill.

King Brothers Woodworking, recently purchased by Gary King and Don Craig from investor group Kesselring Holdings, says it plans to grow

Children’s furniture distributor Muniré Furniture has opened a manufacturing plant in Gas City, IN, to produce its high-end Echelon Furniture line.

LAC-MEGANTIC, QUEBEC-- Bestar, a manufacturer of ready-to-assemble furniture, which recently negotiated a new contract with its union workers, posted sales of $8,873,000 in its third quarter ended Sept. 30, an increase of 2% over the same quarter last year.

Leggett & Platt, a $3 billion furnishing giant, seeks a new marketing chief to be based at its Carthage, MO headquarters.

LINCOLNSHIRE, IL – Time is running out to register to attend the 2011 Closets Expo for free.

Pfleiderer Holzwerkstoffe GmbH, an international manufacturer of wood panels and flooring, announced plans to close a particleboard plant in Ebersdorf and an MDF plant in Nidda, Germany.