Cabinetworks Group, the country’s largest privately owned cabinet manufacturer, appointed Larry France as the company’s chief financial officer, effective September 1, 2025, following his interim role that began on December 27, 2024.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) is accepting public comment on a draft air quality permit modification for Columbia Plywood Corporation - Columbia Carolina Division, a plywood manufacturing facility in McDowell County.

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in August for the sixth consecutive month. Highlights: new orders are growing while production and employment are contracting; supplier deliveries are slowing; raw materials inventories contracting; customers' inventories too low; prices increasing; exports and imports contracting.

Null Furniture, a family owned manufacturer that specializes in manufacturing and distributing living room tables, occasional tables, accent tables, and storage cabinets, particularly for smaller living spaces, announced in a Facebook post that they are winding down operations after 50 years in business.

Prologis, the world's largest industrial real estate firm, and MillerKnoll, a $3.7 billion furniture company, have begun construction on a large expansion project in Greater Cincinnati.

Staircon is a CAD/CAM software for the design, sales, and manufacturing of staircases.

A man and woman have been arrested after allegedly scamming a victim out of more than $600,000 for “high-end Italian millwork” that was never delivered.

This new equipment will enhance the education of well over 1,000 students and will support UW-Stout’s many industry partners by giving them access to advanced technology directly and through student projects as well as opportunities for upskilling employees in automation and additive manufacturing.

The USDA Forest Service is publishing a notice seeking public comment on its intention to develop an environmental impact statement for the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule. The notice details the reasons for rescinding the rule, the potential effects on people and resources, and how national forests and grasslands are managed. The USDA Forest Service will publish the notice in the Federal Register on Friday, August 29, 2025.