WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) has introduced the Stop Tip-Overs of Unstable, Risky Dressers on Youth (STURDY) Act of 2019 which would require the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a mandatory stability standard for clothing storage furniture.
One U.S. state is taking steps to mitigate what some are calling the "silver tsunami" - a wave of thousands of baby boomers selling their businesses as they prepare to retire.
Mike Holmes Jr. is a professional contractor, television host, public speaker, educator, and Healthy Home advocate who received the education of a lifetime by working with his father, celebrity contractor, Mike Holmes, on the hit TV show Holmes on Holmes® and Holmes and Holmes seasons 1 and 2.
Canfor is temporarily curtailing operations at all its British Columbia sawmills effective April 29. The forest products giant cited low lumber prices and the high cost of fiber for the closures.
Closet America President Skip Labella and Joe Lonardo, founder and CEO of Bella Systems, were recognized as past Woodworking Network Wood Industry Market Leaders during the 2019 Executive Briefing Conference.
Harbor Freight has awarded 52 North American high school trades teachers with a total of $1 million as part of its annual "Tools for Schools" excellence in education award.
"I have a special place in my heart for skilled trades teachers, especially those who teach in high school," said Eric Smidt, Harbor Freight founder. "We depend on skilled trades workers. They fix the cars we drive, they build and repair the homes we live in and they do so much more.
ROMEOVILLE, Ill. - Ashley Furniture, number 1 on the FDMC 300, is investing in solar energy installations at ten of its largest U.S. manufacturing facilities. Construction at its Romeoville, Illinois plant began this week.
“We need a lot of energy to manufacture our products and it only makes sense to use renewable sources,” said Ron Wanek, Founder and Chairman, Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.