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Washington, DC, March 27, 2017—The Coalition for Fair Trade of Hardwood Plywood (CFTHP) has filed "critical circumstances" petitions with the Department of Commerce to stop a recent surge of Chinese hardwood plywood imports into the U.S. in an illegal attempt to flood the market before antidumping and countervailing duty orders are imposed, reports the Hardwood, Plywood & Veneer Association (HPVA).
Viken, Sweden, March 27, 2017—On March 23, Välinge director of legal affairs Marcus Palm was handed the award Swedish In-House Legal Counsel of the year during Bolagsjuristernas Förening’s (BJF) spring meeting.
Washington, DC, March 24, 2017—New orders for manufactured durable goods in February increased $3.9 billion or 1.7% to $235.4 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau has announced.
Dalton, GA, March 24, 2017 – Charles Chapman, director of energy and reliability engineering at Shaw Industries, has been named to the 2017 Energy Manager Today 50.
Mozelos, Portugal, March 24, 2017—Amorim will employ new technology in early 2018 that will enable the company to increase its industrial production capacity for flooring solutions by four million square meters.
North Billerica, MA, March 24, 2017—Sal DeRosa was been named chief executive officer of W.J. Grosvenor Flooring Distribution, effective January 1, 2017.
Washington, DC, March 24, 2017—The effective date of the EPA formaldehyde regulation, originally March 21, has been delayed until May 22, according to the Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Association.
Palm Beach, FL, March 24, 2017—Florida-based Suncrest Supply has acquired a hand-crafted wood manufacturing facility based in South Carolina to produce custom wood walls, flooring, ceilings and furniture.
Dalton, GA, March 24, 2017—The WFCA has released its 2017 University Training and Destination Camp Dates.
Washington, DC, March 23, 2017— Sales of new single-family houses in February 2017 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 592,000, 6.1% above the revised January 2017 estimate of 558,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.