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Woodworking Industry News

New CEO takes helm at National Association of Home Builders

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), a Washington, D.C.-based trade association representing the housing industry, has named James W. Tobin III as the association’s new president and chief executive officer. Tobin, executive vice president and chief lobbyist at NAHB, will succeed CEO Jerry Howard, who is retiring from NAHB after more than 30 years. Tobin will assume the new post effective June 1, 2023. 

Woodworking Industry News

Townhouse, single-family starts forecast to grow: NAHB

BOSTON – Despite concerns about the condition of the economy, there are still many positive factors affecting housing expansion. A presentation by Robert Dietz of the National Association of Home Builders on housing trends, demographics, construction metrics, inventory and forecasts focused on positive and negative factors affecting housing growth. A few takeaways from that presentation at the Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America meeting in Boston: --The new townhouse market is expanding, and Dietz sees this as a real growth market.

Event Coverage

Thousands flock to KBIS, IBS shows

The halls were often jam-packed at the co-located Kitchen & Bath Industry Show/International Builders' Show, as more than 100,000 cabinetry- and construction-related professionals streamed through to see the more than 2,000 displays by exhibitors.