coronavirus

Unemployment claims soar again - 26 million have now filed

More than 4.4 million Americans filed for unemployment last week alone, the Department of Labor announced in a new report. That brings the total number of claims filed since the pandemic began to more than 26 million.

By Robert Dalheim

Iowa woodworker voluntarily shuts down, opts to upgrade shop during quarantine

The owner of a small Iowa woodworking business says he took advantage of the state's closures, opting to shut down his shop voluntarily to upgrade and remodel.

By Robert Dalheim

MasterBrand Cabinets resumes Alabama operations after two-week COVID shutdown

MasterBrand Cabinets reopened its manufacturing plant in Talledega, Alabama April 23. The facility was closed for two weeks after three of its employees there tested positive for COVID-19.

By Robert Dalheim

Ford experiments with buzzing wristbands to keep workers distant

Workers at the Ford Motor factory in Plymouth, Michigan have been wearing watches that buzz when they get too close to each other.

By Robert Dalheim

UPDATED: More woodworking industry coronavirus disruptions and cancellations

Here are the most recent closings and disruptions in wood products and related industry.

By Karl D. Forth and Robert Dalheim

Ameriwood furniture permanently lays off 80 due to Michigan COVID order

Residential furniture and casegoods manufacturer Ameriwood has permanently laid off 79 employees because of the coronavirus pandemic.

By Robert Dalheim

Lumber Liquidators furloughs employees, expands credit line amid virus

Retail flooring giant Lumber Liquidators will implement a series of changes to help it resist the COVID-19 pandemic, the company recently announced. Those changes include cutting costs, deferring payments, and working to temporarily expand its credit facility.

By Robert Dalheim

Wood-Mode gets green light to resume production, fill "urgent" orders

Custom cabinet manufacturer Wood-Mode has been allowed to fill the orders of customers in urgent need, owner Bill French told PennLive.

By Robert Dalheim

Learn, adapt, change, prosper - Scott Grove

Recent events have changed our way of life and disrupted our way of work. In this, the second of two parts, Will Sampson, editor of FDMC and Woodworking Network, talks with furniture artist and woodworking educator Scott Grove about how shops can deal with the crisis.

By David Biggs

coronavirus

Unemployment claims soar again - 26 million have now filed

Iowa woodworker voluntarily shuts down, opts to upgrade shop during quarantine

MasterBrand Cabinets resumes Alabama operations after two-week COVID shutdown

Ford experiments with buzzing wristbands to keep workers distant

UPDATED: More woodworking industry coronavirus disruptions and cancellations

Ameriwood furniture permanently lays off 80 due to Michigan COVID order

Lumber Liquidators furloughs employees, expands credit line amid virus

Wood-Mode gets green light to resume production, fill "urgent" orders

Learn, adapt, change, prosper - Scott Grove

PotlatchDeltic joins fellow lumber giants in production halt

Video: Fast and easy furniture assembly with Lockdowel

See Häfele's Loox5 LED lighting at Closets Expo

Hush High Flow dust collectors reduce noise and electrical bills

Portable work platform features legs that can be independently adjusted

Scientists simplify process to convert fire-risk wood into biofuel

Historic World War I mahogany wood will repair U.S. Capitol building

Labor, supply chain, and emerging technologies the focus of EBC 2021

$30M sawmill waste to gas project gets ‘green’ light to proceed