Jeff Jackson, CEO of Cabinetworks Group, recently celebrated his one-year anniversary with the country’s largest privately owned cabinet manufacturer. The milestone was marked by the executive leadership team hosting a companywide town hall meeting at its largest manufacturing plant in Middlefield, Ohio, and live streamed to its other locations.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Stiles Machinery is commemorating 60 years of leadership in the North American woodworking machinery market. Founded in 1965, the company has grown from a regional supplier into a nationwide solutions and service partner for manufacturers of all sizes and industries.

Bassett Furniture is lead furniture sponsor of the 43rd season of Lifetime Network's Military Makeover With Montel reality show. Featuring talk show host and military veteran Montel Williams, the show travels across the country to transform their homes. This season it is renovating the home of a Marine wounded in battle.

AHF Products announced plans to close its hardwood flooring plant in Somerset, Ky., by Dec. 12, 2025, as part of a broader move to streamline operations and strengthen its long-term position in the flooring market. Operations will be transitioned to other AHF facilities.

This discovery could help create better biofuels and other sustainable products. Lignin is an abundant natural substance found in almost every plant containing stems, roots and leaves. It helps plants stay upright, move water and protect themselves from temperature changes and other environmental factors.

Neutral, a real estate development company focused on creating sustainable and healthy mixed-use communities, has presented the results of a first-of-its-kind successful 3 hour fire test for a hybrid mass timber building assembly with standard connectors for free use by industry practitioners.

The Cabinet Makers Association has announce the recipients of its 2025 Scholarship Program, an initiative designed to support the next generation of woodworking professionals. Each recipient received $1,000 to further their endeavors in woodworking, cabinetry, or related skilled trades.

The Lowe’s Foundation announced a new partnership with Hiring our Heroes to help solve the skilled trades labor shortage from the military community. The partnership will begin this fall through a Skilled Trades Academy and offer active duty service members, veterans and their spouses hands-on training for careers in HVAC, carpentry, electrical, plumbing and property maintenance.

The Wood Technology class at St. Johns High School looks to purchase a new planer and wide belt sander, with Architectural Woodwork Institute's (AWI) Academic Grant. These essential machines that will help students and faculty modernize the shop and ensure that students graduate with the skills and experience necessary to be industry ready.

Woodworking Manufacturing Month was created by the Wood Industry Association (WIA) and is developed and produced by the International Woodworking Fair Atlanta (IWF). In its 2025 staging launching October 1, Woodworking Manufacturing Month becomes a Proud Supporter of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.