Delaney Hardware acquired Bravura Brass, a high-quality, solid brass designer line of door hardware.

Omega Cabinetry joins as a sponsor of the Waterloo Career Center, which includes curriculum in advanced manufacturing in Waterloo, Iowa.

Rick Thaler knows firsthand how one business path can diverge into another. The president of OGB Architectural Millwork, Thaler has been in the woodworking business for almost 40 years. "I started as a hippie carpenter with a 450-square-foot shop making custom furniture and kitchen cabinets and evolved, through trial and error, into a business that does entirely commercial cabinet work and architectural woodworking, with 85 employees, a 30,000-square-foot plant and $10 million in annual revenue," he said.

A federal judge ruled that Chinese firm LF Products - the company producing furniture for Joanna Gaines' Magnolia Home line - will not have to pay the Fixer Upper star her requested fee of $150,000 an hour to appear in a deposition.

Steelcase designers and engineers created a new high-performance polymer material that emulates the qualities of carbon fiber.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Hunter Coatings has announced that it is now the distributor of the complete line of Milesi Italian wood coatings. The new distribution agreement marks the first time these two companies have partnered to provide these Italian technology wood finishing products to professional woodworkers, cabinet makers, and millwork producers.  

IDP Group, an Ontario office furniture supplier, entered into a strategic alliance with Cannabis Wheaton Income Corp. for the formation of CannabisCo.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Nascar Hall of Fame is only steps away from the Charlotte Convention Center, home of Wood Pro Expo Feb. 14-16. The high-tech venue, designed to educate and entertain both race fans and non-fans, opened in 2010, and includes artifacts, hands-on exhibits, a theater, Hall of Honor, Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant, Nascar Hall of Fame Gear Shop, Nascar Productions-operated broadcast studio and an attached parking garage on Brevard Street.

SMALAND, SWEDEN -- Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of IKEA and Ikano,  passed away, at his home in Småland, Sweden, on January 27. Surrounded by his loved ones, he died at the age of 91, following a short illness. Ingvar Kamprad was born in 1926 in Småland in southern Sweden. At the early age of 17 he founded IKEA - the business that became his lifelong commitment. Ingvar’s driving force was the vision of creating a better everyday life for the many people.

IMA Schelling Group USA, a provider of sales and after-sales support of IMA and Schelling products, will hold live equipment demonstrations.