POTOMAC FALLS, Va.

Small businesses such as Dettorre Furniture have integrated laser engraving machines from Monport Lasers to showcase their creativity.

The election of a new board, a host of insightful speakers and a variety of networking events were among the highlights of the recent Wood Products Manufacturers Association annual meeting. Representatives from more than 35 companies attended the two-day event, held Sept. 27-28 in Nashville.

High-severity wildfires across the globe are threatening timber production, according to a recently published study.

Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in October were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,487,000, which is 1.1 percent above the revised September rate of 1,471,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's jointly released new residential construction statistics for October 2023:

Wolf Home Products, a supplier to the building products industry, entered into a partnership with UFP-Edge, a leading developer of siding, pattern, and trim products for both residential and commercial use.  

The city of Avondale, Arizona, has given an initial "green light" to Ashley Furniture to build a new manufacturing and distribution center west of Phoenix, according to Phoenix Business Journal.

The conservation group Friends of Carlington Woods and other volunteers remove buckthorn from Carlington Woods

Each year just before Thanksgiving, Osborne Wood Products hands out a turkey to each employee. "This long-time tradition was inspired by a job I held prior to starting Osborne Wood Products." said leon Osborne, CEO. "I knew it was something I wanted to continue to do with my own company and it's a favored tradition of many Osborne employees!"  

Author, entrepreneur, and industry leader Michael K. Dugan, former president and CEO of Henredon Furniture Industries, died on Nov. 11. He was 83.