Castelle has signed a licensing agreement for collaboration with interior designer and author Barclay Butera. Through the partnership, the award-winning manufacturer will produce and market a line of outdoor-furnishing designs created by Butera. The partnership also will include joint events highlighting outdoor living for the design and home-furnishings industries.

To help consumers conserve energy, the Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association (HPBA) and its members have begun a three-year initiative to phase out the use of continuous pilot lights (standing pilots) in newly manufactured vented gas fireplaces, stoves, and inserts.

Continuous pilot lights have provided an automatic, reliable mechanism…

The International Casual Furnishings Association (ICFA) will host its fourth annual industry roundtables from noon to 6 p.m. on September 19, the day before Casual Market Chicago begins. The event will include discussions of marketing to younger consumers through social media, understanding key performance indicators, marketing/selling on the internet, consumer…

In May, Woodbridge Fireplace Inc. moved to its new 31,000–squarefoot facility in Mississauga, Ontario. The new location includes a 5,000–square-foot showroom.

Tony James, president, says, “We needed to bring our manufacturing, design studio, and showroom all in together, under one roof. We now have our offices, warehouse, and showroom…

For the second time in three years, Glen Raven Custom Fabrics and Sunbury Textile Mills have joined forces in the search for the next generation of talent in textile design. Hosting a competition with the textile- design program at Philadelphia University, the two companies asked students to imagine the future…