Classroom furniture manufacturer, KI, has launched its third annual Classroom Furniture Giveaway, offering K-12 teachers the opportunity to transform their learning environments. Four winners will each be awarded up to $40,000 worth of KI furniture of their choosing to turn their dream space into a reality.

The Ohio-based lumber company has extended its reach in South Carolina. The new location will serve as an extension to existing S.C. locations.

A lack of resale homes and pent-up demand has offset high mortgage rates and contributed to single-family permit growth across all regions in the second quarter. Multifamily permits continue to slide downward.

Superior Seating opened its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Lincolnton, North Carolina, that features new CNC equipment and other processing equipment.

The event becomes a strategic gathering for woodworking industry leaders.

Eleven days after reporting its second quarter results, Interfor announced the indefinite curtailment of its lumber manufacturing operations in Meldrim, Georgia, and Summerville, South Carolina.

The Architectural Woodwork Institute (AWI) intends to update an American National Standard (ANS) and invites registration to participate in a Consensus Body for two other proposed standards by September 13, 2024, according to requirements of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

New orders were down 6% in June 2024 compared to June 2023, which follows the 3% year-over-year decline last month, according to the latest issue of Furniture Insights. New orders were also down 8% compared to the prior month of May 2024.

Brett Ehrlich was appointed in this new role by Snavely Forest Products and Weekes Forest Products, two wholesale lumber and building products providers.

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