A collective of talented designers and artists looks beyond the office furniture industry for new ideas.

After the event, both pieces will be donated to non[profit Friends of the Florida School of Woodwork

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Community Service Commission announced the 42 winners who will be honored at the 2023 Governor’s Service Awards on Nov. 28 at the Fox Theatre in Detroit. Steelcase was one of the three firms to be named in the social impact category. Individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations will also be honored for their commitment to volunteerism, service, or philanthropy.

A subsidiary of Kimball International has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor to resolve alleged hiring discrimination at its Danville location. Under the agreement, the employer will pay $132,500 in back wages and interest to 201 women who applied for product assembly positions, but were denied.

The program director of Cabinetmaking & Millwork at Madison College, Lizzy Conley is only the second person to earn the Diamond Credential from the Woodwork Career Alliance of North America.

Known for bent laminations and Scandinavian-inspired designs, Osgood was revered by generations of furniture makers.

Jim Thornberry started the successful poplar products and lumber company in 1993 with his son Jimmy.

Construction ona “Hero Home” is complete and soon a wounded warrior and family will move into the new, accessible home tailored just to him and packed full of Wellborn Cabinet’s Active Living products.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — LP Building Solutions (LP) has established college scholarships to attract greater diversity into the manufacturing industry and foster a more inclusive and representative workforce. LP partnered with SHPE: Leading Hispanics in STEM (Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers) and the National Society of Black Engineers to establish the scholarships for 2023–2024 academic year.

LP Building Solutions (LP) has pledged to support the Manufacturing Institute’s “35x30” initiative, an ambitious, industry-wide effort to close the gender gap in manufacturing by adding half a million women to the industry.