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The CPA Board of Directors recently voted to approve the following Associate Member. Ness Wärmetechnik GmbH, Remshalden, Germany, is a thermal engineering equipment provider. The primary member representative is Philip Börgardts, Sales Engineer. See Ness Wärmetechnik More Info:  Jeannie Ervin

Tafisa Canada, Lac-Mégantic, QC, announced the promotion of Nicolas Blackburn to Vice President Operations effective December 4. Blackburn has been with the company since 2006 and is the current Raw Board Production Manager. Blackburn will succeed René Habel who is preparing for retirement in March 2024. Habel has been with the company since 2015. See

U.S. consumer confidence in November registered at 102.0, increasing 2.9 points from October, according to The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index. The index measuring current business and labor market conditions dipped 0.4 points to 138.2 in November. The short-term outlook index for the income, business and labor markets rose 5.1 points from October to 77.8. See The

U.S. sales of new single-family homes in October were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 679,000, decreasing 5.6% from September but 17.7% higher than the comparable month in 2022. The seasonally adjusted estimate of new homes for sale through October was 439,000, representing a 7.8-month supply at the current sales rate. See U.S. Census

U.S. housing starts in October were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.37 million, strengthening 1.9% from September but 4.2% lower than the comparable month last year. Single-family starts increased 0.2% to 970,000 over September. U.S. building permits were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.49 million, rising 1.1% from September but declining