Office and furniture giant Herman Miller will pay $78 million for an additional 34 percent equity interest in HAY A/S, a European leader in ancillary furniture.

The event took place inside Festool’s mobile training center, a fully equipped, self-contained semi-trailer.

BOSTON – Despite concerns about the condition of the economy, there are still many positive factors affecting housing expansion. A presentation by Robert Dietz of the National Association of Home Builders on housing trends, demographics, construction metrics, inventory and forecasts focused on positive and negative factors affecting housing growth. A few takeaways from that presentation at the Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America meeting in Boston: --The new townhouse market is expanding, and Dietz sees this as a real growth market.

Wood-Mode owner Bill French has filed a request for lower property taxes.

Chinese mattress manufacturer Healthcare Co. Ltd. will buy furniture retailer Mor Furniture For Less for $68.4 million. Mor Furniture operates 36 stores in the San Diego area, with estimated annual sales of more than $310 million.

Gov. Walz marked National Manufacturing Day while kicking off National Manufacturing Month with Safety Speed Manufacturing at their factory.

A new spreadsheet is designed to help buyers think long-term beyond price.

Omnova won the Gravure Association of the Americas’ 2019 Golden Cylinder Award in the Product-Decorative Laminates category.