Increased cabinets and furniture demand will continue to drive the growth of decorative laminates in the United States 2.5 percent annually, reaching 11.6 billion square feet —$6.8 billion — in 2020, according to new research by The Freedonia Group.

This June 13-15, NeoCon, the premier contract design exposition and conference, will once again deliver multiple floors of innovative new product solutions and concepts from the industry's leading brands. In addition to the three full floors of year-round showrooms, The Mart will play host to nearly 300 brands in its newly redesigned 7th Floor Exhibit Hall.

A few weeks ago I ordered 300 board feet of 12′, #1 common walnut from a wholesaler that I use on a regular basis. The customer that I ordered it for doesn’t mind knots, so #1 common, which is not the highest grade, is usually a fine choice – except in walnut. In the order, none of the boards looked very good, many were so crooked that I had to cut them in half to get a straight board, only a couple of the boards were over 7″ wide with a good number of them only 3-1/2″, and half of them looked like pallet wood.

If you want to know just what a difference a beautiful space can make to both employee pride and customer service, just ask Olsson Industrial Electric.

Docking Drawer founder Scott Dickey pulled together the first Docking Drawer prototype before sharing his project on Kickstarter around a year and a half ago. His revolutionary product would help clear homes and offices of clutter by eliminating distracting power chords.

The Wood Industry Conference, run jointly by the WMIA and WMMA, gathers in Mexico April 12-15.

IKEA and SCM will present workshops at the newly launched IDEA Innovation Design Expo Area - Exhibition for Machinery, New Technologies, Components and Materials for the Furniture Industry, April 12 to 15 2016, at the same time as the Milano Design Week Salone del Mobile.

The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) announced the approval of its new pilot Alternative Compliance Path (ACP) on April 5. The NLBMDA, a lumber dealers association, applauded the new LEED alternative compliance path for sustainable forest management certifications other than the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).

Rosboro, LLC has announced that its board of directors has initiated a process to explore strategic alternatives, including a potential sale of the company. Rosboro has retained Goldman, Sachs & Co. as its exclusive financial advisor and Stoel Rives as its legal counsel to assist the company with this process.

Lumber Liquidators (NYSE: LL) won a lawsuit ruling relating to California's Proposition 65, for the moment dismissing claims that it failed to adequately warn consumers about cancer-causing formaldehyde in some its laminate flooring.