Announced last September, the merger of the furniture hardware manufacturers allows the combined company to accentuate its strengths while further developing existing customer relationships.

MiEN Co., an education- furniture manufacturer has acquired the former American Seating Co. factory in Grand Rapids. According to Crain’s Grand Rapids Business, an affiliate of MiEN Co. closed Monday, Jan. 15, on the purchase of the three parcels of land on approximately 17 acres of property from American Seating for an undisclosed amount. 

Akhurst Machinery Group, a North American machinery distributor, has entered into a strategic partnership with Stromab SPA, an Italian manufacturer of innovative crosscutting solutions.

A 32-story, mass timber hi-rise in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is scheduled to break ground in the second quarter of 2024 and, when, or if, completed, the Edison is “on track to become the tallest mass timber building in the world.”

Long-standing Technical Managing Director passed away at age 77

Kelly-Moore Paints, a national retailer of paints for the DIY and contractor industry, plans to immediately cease operations and commence an "orderly, out-of-court wind-down of substantially all its business."

LEXINGTON, N.C. — BMK Americas, an international supplier of surface-coated and impregnated films, announced that Mike Phillips has joined its board of directors and has been named managing director of the Lexington, North Carolina-based company.

CCI Media promoted Tom Davies as the publisher of Closets & Organized Storage magazine.

Weinig Holz-Her USA, the leader in solid wood and panel processing equipment solutions for the woodworking industry has opened its state-of-the-art facility in Statesville, North Carolina.

The Good Design Awards are the oldest and most prestigious program for design excellence in the world; now in its 73rd year.