We keep seeing signs that the market place is getting better. But it's not improving fast enough for some.

COLUMBUS, OH -- Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland announced that the state has awarded a $50,000 Rapid Response grant to assist workers at two Mill's Pride cabinetry factories in Pike County that are expected to close next year.

Woodworking Network readers are paying more heed to combustible dust issues. Three of the 10 most viewed items in April 2010 were a suspected combustible dust explosion at Wood-Mode, a  blog about OSHA's heightened interest of ComDust in the workplace and a fire reportedly preceded by two explosions that destroyed a Pennsylvania sawmill. 

A new, Ohio-based wood products manufacturer puts its faith in technology and consumer acceptance of ready-to-assemble kitchen cabinets.

Mill's Pride 1990: “If seeing is believing, then I believe I have recently seen one of, if not the most, impressive manufacturing start-ups in North American woodworking history.”

This photo depicting a small portion of Mill's Pride's automatedcabinet production was taken for an April 1998 article in Wood& Wood Products, a year before the company was acquired by Masco Corp.TAYLOR, MI –Masco Corp. announced that it will cease production of ready-to-assemble cabinets and close its plant in Waverly, OH.