The Furniture Society's November IG Challenge is a chance to showcase tools you made yourself.

After a devastating fire on Sept. 2 at a mill in Weed Calif., that damaged the mill and caused extensive damage to the nearby communities, Roseburg Forest Products began full operations of its veneer manufacturing plant Wednesday, Nov. 9, including returning 145 team members to full schedules.

California Closets Raleigh introduced a new finish palette and product enhancements available through the California Closets’ professional design consultants and newly refreshed showrooms in North Carolina and Virginia.

The Sherwin-Williams Company announced Nov. 8 an agreement to acquire German-based Specialized Industrial Coatings Holding, which includes Oskar Nolte GmbH and Klumpp Coatings GmbH.

While manufacturing and the overall economy have added jobs in recent months, the furniture and wood products industries haven’t done as well.

Stored Solar LLC, a  West Enfield, Me.-based company that owns two biomass electricity plants in Maine and several others in New England, has filed for bankruptcy while owing money to several companies and after receiving a $13 million bailout by Maine lawmakers. According to news reports, the company that had access to millions in state subsidies to help it stay afloat owes $17.8 million to creditors including an energy market investor, the states of Maine and New Hampshire, and Maine loggers.

ROME – The world-wide consumption of sawn wood, veneer, plywood, particleboard, pulp, and other primary wood products is expected to increase by 37% by 2050, according to a new report published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Richard (Dick) Walz, 68, died Nov. 6, 2022, from Alzheimer’s disease.