LOUISVILLE, KY – Rev-A-Shelf LLC has added Larry Gray to its direct sales force as an additional territory manager for the Southeast. Gray has previous experience selling cabinets. He will work out of Brandon, MS.

CHICAGO – The NeoCon World’s Trade Fair, North America’s largest conference and exhibition for interior design and facilities management, set new records for attendance and the number of exhibitors. In all, 52,632 people attended the event, held June 11-13 at The Merchandise Mart. The show also included more than 1,200 exhibitors, according to show management.

HIGH POINT – The Suppliers Division of the American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA) has announced a conference condensed into a compact eight-hour time frame August 9-10 at the Grandover Resort & Conference Center in Greensboro, NC. The conference is open to all industry executives.

DUBLIN, IRELAND – Research and Markets will be releasing a new report in July that examines the macroeconomic trends, investment environment, home office furniture industry structure and capacity, production and demand, market consumption trends, distribution channels and principal industry participants in China. The report also includes long-term forecasts for home office furniture production and demand.

PORTLAND, OR – Columbia Forest Products, in conjunction with Hercules Inc. and Dr. Kaichang Li of Oregon State University, received a Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award from the U.S.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA – Mark Loberg, founder and CEO of PremiereGarage LLC of Phoenix, AZ, was among seven companies to receive a regional Entrepreneur of the Year Award from Ernst & Young LLP.

GAITHERSBURG, MD —The Composite Panel Association (CPA) is offering a fact sheet designed to answer manufacturers’ questions about the new California regulations regarding formaldehyde emissions from composite wood panels. Copies of the fact sheet will be available from CPA at the upcoming AWFS Fair in Las Vegas or can be obtained by contacting Curt Alt at [email protected].

MILAN, ITALY -- Acimall, the Italian woodworking machinery and tools manufacturers’ association, announced its new board of directors for the 2007-2010 term.

NORTH WILKESBORO, NC -- Expo Holdings Inc., a holding company, announced June 26 that via its solely owned subsidiary D&D Displays Inc., a cabinet and accessory manufacturer, it has signed a two-year agreement to supply in-store displays and point of purchase related items to Novalis Inc., a tile manufact

TEMISCAMING, QUE - Tembec announced shutdowns at multiple mills that will affect nearly 400 workers in Cochrane, Hearst and Chapleau. About 30 of the employees will lose their jobs due to the cancellation of a shift crew in Cochrane. Another 355 mill workers of Hearst and Chapleau are expected to be temporarily out of work in July and August. Read more.