MOCKSVILLE,  N.C. — While SBA Home has been producing furniture at its Mocksville, North Carolina, factory since November of 2025, it recently held its official grand opening Feb. 26.SBA Group, one of the largest business groups in Lithuania, has officially opened its SBA Home furniture manufacturing facility in Mocksville. With a total investment of more than $70 million, the SBA Home North Carolina factory is the largest Lithuanian business investment in the United States to date.

The phones at Candlelight Cabinetry continue to go unanswered, and voicemails left, when the mailboxes aren't full, and text messages sent to mobile phones, go without response.

Southern Parallel Forest Products Corp., a subsidiary of Parallel Lumber Group, is closing its lumber plant in Albertville, Alabama, nearly three years after a shuttered lumber facility was reopened by Southern Parallel Forest Products.

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LOCKPORT, N.Y. — A local news station says that it has obtained an email purportedly from the owner of Candlelight Cabinetry, Andrew Olsen, that states that he has made progress working with new and existing partners to “sustain Candlelight well into the future.”Woodworking Network has reached out to Olsen via text message to enquire about the email and the progress he says he has made in obtaining financing from partners in an effort to catch up on all operations. Olsen has not responded to the Woodworking Network's message. 

Plastic lumber maker, Tangent Technologies, LLC, is expanding and consolidating its U.S. manufacturing operations in Illinois. As part of the company’s decision to expand in Illinois, it will invest $50 million to relocate its operations – currently in Canada and Aurora, Illinois – to Montgomery, Illinois, as it increases capacity and creates 110 new full-time jobs.

TJ Hale, a Wisconsin-based architectural millwork firm, abruptly closed its shop effective Thursday, Feb. 5, reportedly leaving as many as 50 employees out of work.

The program reflects the family-oriented, community-first philosophy that has shaped Kolbe for eight decades. Recognized for its product innovation, quality craftsmanship and industry leadership, the company invests in its people and community.

Candlelight Cabinetry in Lockport, New York, has furloughed its employees and is reportedly facing lawsuits that add up to more $6 million dollars.

Roseburg Forest Products has initiated a strategic realignment of production at two Oregon mills, building on multi-year investments to modernize operations and strengthen its long-term competitive position.