HANNOVER, GERMANY -- Three machines, two of them offered in the United States by Stiles Machinery and the third by Giben, won "Novelty Symposium Awards" at the Ligna 2012 woodworking fair.

DARTMOUTH, NOVA SCOTIA -- Homag Canada's request to repossess approximately $1.1 million at the failed Scanwood Canada Ltd. factory, which supplied ready-to-assemble furniture to IKEA, was rejected by the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia.

SCHOPFLOCH, GERMANY -- Homag Group AG, a manufacturer of woodworking equipment, said its order intake climbed 13% in the first quarter compared to the same time frame in 2010.

Annual forecasts for 2011 confirmed HOMAG Group AG got off to a good start in fiscal 2011 and registered strong demand for its products in the first quarter.

SCHOPFLOCH, GERMANY -- Homag Group AG, a world leader in woodworking machinery manufacturing, reported continued financial gains in the third quarter, building on sales growth in the first half of the year.