Lumber Liquidators updated its Floor Finder app for smart phones and tablets. It lets users browse through more than 400 flooring varieties. The Color Match tool, previously only available on the mobile website, allows users to upload a photo of any item such and then see Lumber Liquidators products with a similar range of colors.

West Ohio Tool named Scott Ries as Vice President of Operations beginning September 1, 2015. West Ohio Tool is a producer of both carbide and PCD round tools

Milwaukee Tool will pioneer the next industry-changing technology with the introduction of ONE-KEY™, the first digital platform for tools and equipment.

Woodworking tools and a 2015 Ford F-150 Truck were awarded in IRWIN Tools 'Nominate a Tradesman' competition, which named Jen Netherwood winner in its first annual award that acknowledges outstanding tradesmen for their contributions within their field and community. Netherwood worked with local community colleges on a prison pre-apprenticeship program to keep the program running after funding was cut.

USDA and Softwood Lumber Board award $3 million - $1.5 million to each of two winning projects - to support tall wood demonstration projects in New York and Portland, Oregon.

DeWalt launches a new 5” Single Speed Random Orbit Sander with hook and loop pad (DW6421), a lightweight sander that carries a low profile.

Hollywood Woodwork received the Architectural Woodwork Institute Award of Excellence for Brickell House, a luxury condominium tower, in Miami, Florida Plain sliced, random matched American black walnut, finished to give the effect of Brazilian rosewood, was used in wall paneling and custom items throughout the first floor, and quartered American black walnut with the same finish was used in the upper floor amenity areas.

The Softwood Lumber Checkoff program is under scrutiny after a U.S. federal court ruling found that the tax imposed may not be "lawful." The September announcement stems from a lawsuit filed against the U.S. Department of Agriculture by Resolute Forest Products Inc.

Herman Miller CEO Brian Walker said this morning at an earnings briefing that the company is rethinking design with the involvement of their customers. The furniture maker is planning to close some small format stores as leases expire and replace them with larger format stores. The change will translate into a net increase of about 55,000 sq. ft. Herman Miller plans to open six new larger format studios by the end of 2016, the first two planned for next month in Scottsdale, AZ and Berkeley, CA.

A 10-story timber tower is planned by SHoP Architects for Manhattan's Chelsea Neighborhood. If approved, it would be the first in New York City to use cross laminated timber construction (CLT).