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Connecticut celebrates modernized state sawmill, state-grown forest products

This multi-year modernization project strengthens Connecticut’s commitment to local wood products, innovative technology, and responsible forest stewardship. The investment will help ensure that materials used for state projects – including trail bridges, picnic tables in State Parks, facility signage, and building components – can be sourced locally.

Canadian News

Canadian cabinet company fined for safety violations

KELOWNA, B.C. — Norelco Cabinets Ltd., a Kelowna, B.C.-based company has been fined more than $69 thousand for multiple deficiencies  with storage racks in use.WorkSafeBC said it inspected this firm's cabinet manufacturing plant and observed multiple deficiencies with storage racks in use, including damaged and twisted uprights and missing bolts and anchors. The firm failed to ensure storage racks were capable of safely supporting the items stored on them, a repeated violation. 

Furniture

HNI releases its Corporate Responsibility Progress report

These efforts continue to support product innovation, operational efficiency, risk management, and evolving customer expectations across HNI’s businesses, reinforcing the company’s commitment to being a great place to work and a responsible global citizen. This report reflects HNI operations for 2025 and does not include Steelcase, which will report separately for its 2025 performance.

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Sleep in Heavenly Peace campaign announces 27 new chapters

The quarterly chapter training, held May 1-2 in Lehi, Utah, brought together 85 dedicated volunteers committed to ensuring no child sleeps on the floor in their communities — making it the largest chapter training cohort since SHP launched in 2012. With more than 108,000 kids currently waiting for beds nationwide, this record-breaking expansion is critical to reaching underserved communities and sustaining SHP's mission to end child bedlessness.

Woodworking Industry News

International Code Council releases fifth edition of National Green Building Standard

Developed through an independent consensus committee representing a broad range of stakeholders, the 2025 NGBS reflects leading thinking in green design, construction and building performance. It applies to single-family homes, multifamily buildings, mixed-use developments and land development projects, as well as other similarly constructed residential facilities.

Woodworking Industry News

Second cohort of AmericCorps NCCC Forest Corps volunteers graduate

Forest Corps is a partnership between AmeriCorps NCCC and the USDA Forest Service that invests in the next generation of forestry leaders and advancing a shared commitment to public service and stewardship. Volunteers serving in the program mobilize nationwide create firebreaks to reduce wildfire risks and executing controlled burns in forests, support reforestation efforts, and assist in active fire response.