WASHINGTON -- The American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA) announced the release of a pair of studies that it said shows federal energy policies can be designed to conserve the high-paying forest products industry jobs that are so critical to rural communities while increasing the supply of woody biomass available to help meet renewable energy production goals.

MOORESVILLE, NC -- Michael Weinig Inc. announced the retirement of Larry Campbell after 19 years of service to the company.

LEESBURG, VA -- North American shipments of particleboard, MDF and hardboard increased 2.7% in June 2010 compared to June 2009, according to the Composite Panel Association's Market Barometer.

CINCINNATI -- AdvanceBio Systems LLC has been awarded a contract by Penn State University to supply a Bench Scale Hydrolyzer System for its Shared Fermentation Facility located in University Park, PA. The equipment will be used for research, development and demonstration of technology related to production of biomass-based fuels and chemicals from lignocellulosic feedstocks, including crop waste and sawdust. 

HICKORY, NC -- Century Furniture pays tribute to the Beatles' 50th anniversary with the introduction of its Beetlemania settee.

The makers of Staybull Flooring launched a second generation website highlighting its reclaimed exotic and domestic flooring.

MILAN -- Acimall. the Italian Woodworking Machinery Manufacturers Association, unanimously confirmed the third mandate of Ambrogio Delachi (Delmac SpA of Thiene, Vicenza) as its president.

WASHINGTON -- Two months after home buyer tax credits expired, builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family continues to wane.

CHICAGO -- Grace’s Furniture, a fixture on Milwaukee Ave. for the past 35 years, announced it is going out of business and will soon close their doors forever.

Aaron's renames 11 factories Woodhaven Furniture Industries as it moves wood furniture manufacturing to greener operations,