MENDOTA, IL – Black Bros. Co. recently launched its newly redesigned Web site, www.blackbros.com. The new site will allow customers to focus on the company’s various industries, applications and machines with a more user-friendly approach. The site will also display new products and concepts to users of Black Bros. equipment. Read more.

BREA, CA – The ArchitecturalDepot.com, an online store serving both do-it-yourselfers and professional builders, plans to add 100,000 new products to its extensive selection of architectural supplies during 2007, according to eMedia Wire. The expanded product line will include additional sizes of existing products, as well as new product categories.

MISSISSAUGA, ON –The Ontario Furniture Manufacturers Assn. (OFMA) has named Mega Group, a cooperatively owned buying and marketing group, the 2007 Retailer of the Year for the Canadian residential furniture industry. According to Marketnews,the award will be accepted by Mega Group President and CEO Michael Graydon at a gala dinner on August 13.

 

 

ROANOKE, VA – Architectural Wood has exited the closets business after selling its Closet & Storage Concepts franchise. Bruce Cody, owner and president of Architectural Wood, said transfer of the franchise to James Hurd took effect on Feb. 20. Cody added that the Closet & Storage showroom will continue to be housed at the Architectural Wood office and that his company "will continue to produce high-quality architectural woodwork, for which we are known."

MARKHAM, ON – Flakeboard has announced plans to install new melamine presses in its Simsboro, LA; Albany, OR; and Bennettsville, SC; plants. The company purchased three presses from Siempelkamp to add decorative finishing capabilities to the raw board sites. The presses are capable of running 200 cycles per hour and will add to the five currently in Canada.

COMMERCE, CA -- The Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers (AWFS), a national trade association representing companies that supply the home and commercial furnishings industry, announced Mar. 27 the resignation of Board of Directors member Mary Ann Lamascus, vice president of Atlas Spring Mfg.

HONG KONG -- DeCoro, an international leather upholstered furniture producer, announced Mar. 26 that it will open a new factory in Huizhou, China, this summer to produce finished wood components such as legs and trim, according to Home Furnishings Business. The 700,000-square-foot facility will replace the company’s current 250,000-square-foot factory.

PITTSBURG, CA -- Bishop-Wisecarver Corp,, manufacturer of the DualVee guide wheel, has appointed Ringball Corp. as the Canadian Master Distributor for its full line of linear motion products. The exclusive agreement also includes Ringball distribution of HepcoMotion product lines. Bishop-Wisecarver says that Ringball's five branches and network of authorized distributors will help provide local inventory, lower shipping costs, faster shipping times and invoicing in Canadian currency.