MNOVA Solutions announced Sept. 23 that it will immediately suspend coated material production at its Taicang, China plant and consolidate the operation into its Shanghai, China facility, pending future improvement in the domestic and export furniture and automotive upholstery markets.

Panel processor Stevens Industries Inc. said it expects to grow 50% by this time next year through sales of its new American-made StevensWood textured laminates.

The Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA) International has collaborated with NSF International, a leading ANSI-accredited developer of more than 75 American National standards, to develop Product Category Rules for the furniture industry.

Pfleiderer AG announced that Christopher Von Hugo, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, and Dr. Helmut Burmester are stepping down from their positions as members of the company’s Supervisory Board, effective at midnight on Feb. 17.

The wood products industry anticipates similar success in 2011.