Koetter Woodworking has been awarded the 2013 Wooden Globe, Innovator of the Year by the Woodworking Machinery Industry Association.

Wood furniture and custom moulding maker Lake Area Designs, a supplier to recreational vehicle and commercial wood manufacturing industries, is spending $1.5 million as it moves from Sturgis, MI to LaGrange, IN.

Table saw safety; six mergers and acquisitions, two Chinese companies setting up shop on U.S. soil, Gibson Guitar's settlement of Lacey Act violations and a $70,000 bent wood bike are among Woodworking Network's Top 25 news items of the year.

Keim Lumber says it has improved its productivity and profitability since implementing Alphacam software at its facility.

Residential flooring sales were brisk in the U.S., and prices for most unfinished strip flooring items edged up again last week.

Poplar prices have risen almost continuously for about 18 months, one of the longest sustained runs in recent memory.

Uniboard is launching four new RIO designs at IWF 2012; these are matched to Olon's five-piece door components, Belluno moulding and LINK25 co-products and edgebanding.

Sponsored by the WMIA, this series features wood industry winners of the 2012 Wooden Globe Awards. Here is Northland Forest Products Inc.'s story.