Our flooring sector forecast in April noted that red oak and white oak strip flooring prices and volumes had just begun to improve—after retreating for the prior 18 months. A six-month rebound should continue.

Festool USA shows the process of setting up the CMS Router Table.

NSF International is collaborating with the Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association to develop a Product Category Rule for office storage products.

The newfound thriftiness is good news for Kitchen Solvers, which pioneered kitchen cabinet refacing -- an affordable way to create a beautiful kitchen by refurbishing rather than discarding old cabinets.

The Refinishing Touch, a world leader in on‐site environmentally safe and sustainable furniture asset management services, has honored 29 businesses with Sustainability Awards. The awards recognize eco-conscious companies within the hospitality industry that have successfully implemented furniture asset management services to reduce their carbon footprints.

Autodesk, Inc. has named Ellis Furniture — a U.K.-based furniture company in business for more than a century — as the Autodesk August Inventor of the Month for using Autodesk Inventor as part of Autodesk Product Design Suite to offer greater levels of product customization in significantly less time.

A Homag laser edgebander has been installed at Premier EuroCase, making it one of the first North American manufacturers to utilize this technology in a high-production environment.

Lowe’s Companies Inc. announced it has formally withdrawn its non-binding proposal dated July 8, 2012 to the Board of Directors of RONA Inc. to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of RONA for C$14.50 in cash per share.

KI and students in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning are exhibiting an exciting public seating prototype (called “DRIFT”) now through October 30, 2012 at Discovery World, Milwaukee’s premier science and technology museum.