The wood-manufacturing sector in B.C. is being supported with a series of programs that will generate employment opportunities

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. – How to create a comprehensive customer contact is an essential skill that every woodworking professional should acquire.

Owens Corning just committed to spend $3.9 billion to acquire Masonite International Corporation. But what did they get for their money?

On Feb. 9, 154 Flexsteel employees at the Dublin, Georgia, furniture factory were laid off. Likely permanently. The fate of a reported 180 employees might be sealed at the end of the company's fiscal fourth quarter later this year.

Established in 1946, Omega National Products is a manufacturer and distributor specializing in wood products for the kitchen and bath industry.

A Maryland company developing a new type of wood with the strength of steel is moving from university to its own industrial space. InventWood, maker of MettleWood, is moving from its incubator space at the  University of Maryland to an 88,971-square-foot manufacturing facility in Frederick, Maryland.With a $20 million grant from the US Department of Energy, IW will launch manufacturing in 2025.

Precision Hardwoods in Onaway received a $100,000 Food and Agriculture Investment Program grant from the state of Michigan.

Anthropologie is offering the collection online and in-store.

35,000 seedlings have already been planted in the program's first year.

Workplace furnishings giant Fellowes announced a number of changes to its Contract Furniture division, formerly known as Trendway, including the closure of the Holland, Michigan, production facility in 2024 and the discontinuation of a portion of its furniture product offerings, including systems, casegoods, filing, storage and tables.