Twenty of the best U.S. public high school skilled trades teachers and their programs can apply for Harbor Freight awards. Applications for harbor freight tools for schools prize for teaching at 20 of the best U.S. public high school skilled trades teachers and their programscellence open today, March 23.

The Sansin Corp., a global leader in environmentally friendly, high-performance wood protection, is expanding operations in Europe and the United States. 

Wood-Mode Fine Custom Cabinetry has embarked on an 18-month initiative, dubbed Focus Forward Initiative, that represents one of the largest strategic financial investments in the company’s storied history. 

Michael Battaglia has been appointed to Chief Executive Officer of the Woodworking Machinery Industry Assn. (WMIA).

Lioher Enterprise Corp. announced March 21 the opening of a new 40,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in South Florida.

SAN DIEGO -- There will be no shortage of takeaways from the 2022 Closets Conference.

SAN DIEGO -- Attendees of the Wood Pro Conference will get a firsthand review and analysis of the 2022 outlook for business, staffing and compensation trends, shop rates, and other issues of importance to custom woodworking executives. 

World Wood Day is a cultural event on March 21st, the vernal equinox, to highlight wood as an eco-friendly and renewable biomaterial and to raise awareness on the key role wood plays in a sustainable world through biodiversity and forest conservation. The day serves as a reminder of the importance and true value of wood and its responsible uses.

One of the highlights of this year's World Wood Day 2022 is a retrospective video on the life of Garry Knox Bennett, who died in January. To learn more about Bennett, you can also visit WoodworkingNetwork.com's coverage after his death in January.

Oksana Donska, the CEO of the Furniture of Ukraine Business Expo and board member of the Ukrainian Association of Furniture Manufacturers, remains in Ukraine even as Russian armed forces continue to shell cities and towns. Donska spoke by e-mail with WoodworkingNetwork.com from her suburb of Kyiv, near enough that she could hear the bombs fall, and know what type of rocket was in the air just by the sound. Q. How are things are going with you, family and colleagues?