Tailored Living featuring PremierGarage added a new floor coating line of natural stone to its collection of garage storage and organization products.

Furniture manufacturer MooreCo Inc. exposed workers to hazards twice in 14 months, says OSHA, fining it and its temporary staffing agency Manpower Group US Inc. in Temple, Texas, $161,000.

National Office Furniture plans to expand its Danville, KY, production plant with an investment of $530,000 in new equipment, adding approximately 40 new jobs and increasing the facility's production capacity.

New orders for residential furniture were flat in September, breaking a 17-month string of growth for year-over-year orders, though shipments and backlogs both rose 3 percent, according to the latest survey of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors by analysts Smith Leonard.

Origin, a Brazilian brand of wood products, has been introduced into the American market by Scheer USA Distribution, based in Boca Raton, FL. Origin says it relies on non-toxic, best quality coatings, along with silver ion antimicrobial protection in its houseware lines. It also sells panel and countertops.

Williams-Sonoma founder Charles Williams got his start as a carpenter and home builder, constructing his own store interior and shelves when he opened first first home goods store in a converted hardware store. He died December 5, at age 100.

A federal judge in Florida ruled last week against the manufacturer of Ryobi table saws in a case related to flesh-sensing technology - the type used in SawStop and Bosch Reaxx table saws to instantly stop saw blades to avoid injuring a user.

American Woodmark cabinets said in an SEC filing that "big box home improvement retailers have lost market share to other channels, primarily independent dealers due to the more affluent nature of their customer base." The cabinetry manufacturer's net income more than doubled, while its Waypoint brand grew 40 percent.

BENZ Inc., a technological leader for the production of innovative machining heads for the wood, plastics, composites and metalworking industries, has announced that it recently went live with a new microsite, www.benztooling.com.