CHICAGO — The Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association has announced several board changes and the election of a new board member. Jeff Lorenger, acting chair of the BIFMA board, and president & CEO of HNI Corp., said that one of those changes related to the association's bylaws as it relates to the number and type of seats on the board. 

Chicago Heights, Ill., manufacturer of fixtures, furniture, and graphics named to list of fastest-growing companies in Chicago and surrounding areas.

VANCOUVER, B.C. -- After dropping in prices in recent weeks, many softwood lumber prices leveled off in mid-June as a supply-demand balance seemed to have been reached, according to Madison's Lumber Reporter. 

Housing starts and building permits were down in May, according to new statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

MANHEIM, Pa. – Many woodworking companies are started in garages or basements by talented individuals who suddenly have to figure out how to run a business.

At the Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association's annual Breakfast meeting on June 16, the final day of the NeoCon show, association president and CEO Dierdre Jimenez updated its membership on new standards being considered and other guidelines and standards being revamped.

Woodworkers Source, a hardwood distributor and a division of the MacBeath Hardwood Company, has expanded into a new warehouse facility located west of Phoenix’s downtown district.  

Since 2020, the company has donated $87,623.42 to local nonprofit organizations.

The Weinig Group has launched a comprehensive, large-scale investment project of more than 120 million euros to be invested over the next 5 years.  About 70 million euros of the total investment will go to the company’s headquarters in Tauberbischofsheim, Germany.

DRUMMONDVILLE, Quebec – Advanced online registration is now open for the 2022 edition of Salon Industriel du Bois Ouvré (SIBO).