Lea Inds. recalls 63,000 children's beds to fix fall hazard

• Youth furniture resource Lea Inds. is recalling more than 63,000 children's beds due to a fall hazard involving the side mattress support rails.The recall covers some 59,200 panel, loft and bunk beds sold in the U.S. and 4,200 sold in Canada, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, which posted the recall on its website Tuesday. A total of 34 youth bed collections are affected.

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Attendance up 1.6% at China's 3F Famous Furniture Fair

• An improving global economy, and an increasing demand for new product from both domestic and overseas buyers fueled record attendance at the most recent 3F Famous Furniture Fair here.The March 16-20 event had a total of 119,769 visitors, up 1.6% from the 117,820 that attended in March 2012. Of that total, 51,216 were from outside China, nearly five times last year's 10,760 international buyers.

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Pat Wiggins joins CIT Trade Finance in Southeast region

• Factoring services provider CIT Trade Finance has named Patrick "Pat" Wiggins as business development officer, based in CIT's Atlanta office.He will be responsible for generating asset-based lending and factoring business in the Southeast.

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Green Box Garden Shelter by act_romegialli

• Italian practice act_romegialli have converted an old garage of a weekend retreat into a small green shelter. The “Green box” is situated on the slopes of the Raethian Alps. The structure is realised with lightweight metal galvanized profiles and steel wires while retaining the rustic stone walls and columns of the old building. The structure with steel wires provides tridimensional support for the climbing vegetation.

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New design horizons for Foodshelf, the kitchen signed by Ora-ïto for Scavolini

• The project was hinged on the underlying idea of creating a kitchen that really could be the hub of the home within which it is developed. Apart from the kitchen furniture in itself, it was interesting to be able to give continuity to the aesthetics of the home, aesthetics that could then be found again in the living room and dining room, and even in other domestic environments (Ora-ïto)

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