PPG's $1.05 billion acquisition Friday of AkzoNobel's North American architectural coatings business is the latest large-scale corporate transaction affecting the wood products manufacturing industry.

States Industries, the major manufacturer of hardwood plywood and specialty panel products, has acquired wood component maker Drawer Box Specialties, Orange, CA.

Drawer Box Specialties' President Glen Blankenship demonstrates the company's new automated recycling center that opens via a foot pedal and automatically closes.

ORANGE, CA -- Drawer Box Specialties introduced the Helping Hands Trash Center at the 2011 Kitchen & Bath Industry Show last month in Las Vegas.

At the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show a number of companies are displaying cabinetry and accessories targeted to multi-generational family homes, including those with aging populations.

ORANGE, CA -- Drawer Box Specialties (DBS), a custom drawer manufacturer, announced that all of the materials used in its drawer box construction have been certified as CARB Phase 2 Compliant.

An optional tour of Drawer Box Specialties' 55,000-square-foot facilitywill cap off the Closets Conference & Expo in Long Beach, CA.LONG BEACH, CA - A guided tour of Drawer Box Specialties’ 55,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Orange, CA, will cap off the Closets & Home Organization Conference & Expo next month.