Finance manager Stan Ragley has more than two decades of experience in overseeing the financing of Biesse and Intermac machines for America and Canada.

Design icon Kate Spade was found dead in an apparent suicide.

ATLANTA -- The IWF Finishing Symposium is set for August 21, 2018 in the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, the day before IWF exhibits open. The full-day event will look at new technologies and best methods that finishers could use in their business. Newer finishes such as polyester, polyurethane and UV finishes will be discussed, along with water-borne and low-emission products. This symposium includes a number of presentations and an opportunity to talk to suppliers and finishing experts face-to-face with your questions.

Both lumber and panel product prices on the rise; red oak strong; cherry demand returns.

Upholstered motion furniture manufacturer Southern Motion Inc. will acquire Fusion Furniture Inc., a producer of upholstered stationary furniture for the residential market.

Wilsonart, a world-leading provider of engineered surfacing solutions, held its 14th Annual Wilsonart Challenges Student Chair Design Competition.

Masonite International Corp. has acquired wood door manufacturers Graham Manufacturing Corp. and The Maiman Co. from ASSA ABLOY, a Sweden-based global producer of access doors. Terms of the June 4 acquisition were not disclosed.

The project was designed by The Exploratorium’s Studio of Public Space in San Francisco.