Demand for windows and doors in the US is forecast to rise 9.3 percent per year to $34.2 billion in 2016. Growth will be spurred by a rebound in housing completions and gains in building construction spending from a depressed 2011 base.

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.