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Arlington, VA, March 27, 2017—Forty-three states added construction jobs between February 2016 and February 2017 while 39 states added construction jobs between January and February, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data.
Amasa, MI, March 27, 2017—Student-athletes competing in the 2017 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Final Four will be shooting for a championship on basketball courts manufactured by Connor Sports, the official court provider of the NCAA from wood sustainably harvested from The Nature Conservancy’s Two Hearted River Forest Reserve.
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.