Rubio Monocoat USA and Festool USA sponsored the Tampa Build-Off 2025 at the Florida School of Woodwork. During the two-and-a-half-day event, both teams designed and built intricate furniture pieces under a tight deadline.

Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association (KCMA) has officially announced the KCMA Design Awards program for 2026 and is inviting kitchen and bath designers to submit their best kitchen design projects featuring KCMA Member cabinets.

Now in its 20th year, the award recognizes individuals for their leadership and outstanding contributions to the engineered wood industry. Enright received the award on October 6 at the APA Annual Meeting in Phoenix. The award honors the late Bronson Lewis, who served as secretary and executive vice president of APA – The Engineered Wood Association for 24 years.

MasterBrand and American Woodmark continue to take steps toward a blockbuster $3.6 billion merger, even if some of those steps forward are not always linear.

Accoya USA now provides direct distribution throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico; North America’s top three markets. The company announced a "significant step in its North American growth strategy:" entering the Mexican market through Klinai, its first distributor in the country.

The doors are available in slab and shaker styles to meet the needs of residential kitchens, multifamily projects, hospitality, and refacing programs with two-week lead times and flexible order sizes.

Blum, a worldwide leader in cabinet and furniture hardware innovation, will display a trio of its newest products at Wood Pro Expo Lancaster, October 23-24 at Spooky Nook Sports.

Consumers seeking low-cost storage solutions began finding a new option online in the fall of 2023: a product marketed as a “fabric dresser.” More than 60,000 of the lightweight units with fabric drawers have now been recalled for failing to meet requirements set forth in the STURDY Act* – a federal regulation implemented in September 2023 that sets a stability standard for furniture that consumers use to store clothing.

The ChemQuest Group, a global consulting firm focused on tailored business strategy and optimization, technology acceleration, market intelligence, and M&A advisory services for the specialty materials industry, has added three new directors: Bernardo Montes, Ph.D.; Steven (Steve) Roth, Ph.D.; and Richard (Rich) Karpowicz, Ph.D.

The Sam Beauford Woodworking Institute, a woodworking school located in the Midwest, has announced brand new design focused courses for 2026. The new courses range from veneer mastery and mid-century furniture, to curvy project designing and carved sculpture.