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.

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.

The Stow Company Inc, the custom home storage and organizational products, named Phil Dolci, a former executive at several consumer products companies, as its President and Chief Executive Officer.

Residential furniture manufacturer and designer Ethan Allen opened a 6,000-square-foot design center in Cranston, Rhode Island.

Wood manufacturing technology supplier Biesse has cut the ribbon on its new showroom at its grand opening of its new 23,000 sq.ft. showroom in Charlotte, North Carolina. More than 300 people were expected to attend the April 7-8 event.

Consumers Digest named Dura Supreme’s Designer Cabinetry as a Consumers Digest Best Buy in Premium cabinetry in the 2016 March/April issue of Consumers Digest Magazine. This is the second time in a row that Dura Supreme’s Designer Cabinetry received the Consumers Digest Best Buy recognition in “Premium” cabinetry from Consumer Digest.

With the announcement of a June 1 release for the new Bosch Reaxx table saw with flesh-sensing technology, Bosch officials are standing firm that their new saw does not violate SawStop patents.

JOLIET, Ill. – Swedish ready-to-assemble furniture maker and retailer IKEA has begun construction on its new Midwest distribution center located in Joliet, Illinois - 48 miles southwest of Chicago. Set to open in the spring of 2018, the approximately 1.25-million-square-foot distribution center will be designed and built by Gray Construction, a nationally recognized engineering, architecture and construction firm. Gray has designed and built more than 250 distribution facilities across the U.S., including other IKEA distribution centers.