Mohawk Industries (NYSE: MHK) 2012 fourth quarter net earnings rose 40% to $66 million on sales of $1.44 billion. Mohawk says the positive U.S.outlook for home building and remodeling will help it grow.

Canada's hot housing market is cooling down, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).

U.S. Small Business Administration disaster relief information will be among resources available at Cabinets & Closets Expo 2013. The Cabinet Makers Association will also provide an information clearing house and networking center in Booth 505.

Business for hardwood lumber companies continues to show improvement with higher demand noted from architectural millwork and commercial fixture manufacturers.

A new membrane laminating press technology, the 3D-SmartPress, was introduced today by Black Bros. at its February 3D Forum. The press is automated with newly developed SmartPin Technology.

A walnut Rolling Owl stool donated by Geoffrey Warner Studio is the grand door prize for the 2013 Mid-Atlantic Fine Furnishings Show, May 3 - 5.

A special digital edition for the Cabinet Makers Association is now posted online.

Wood technology at trade shows were most viewed reports this week: a stronger, thinner lightweight panel technology, a new panel laminator at IKEA Poland, both to be seen at Germany's Ligna in May; and a powerful hand-held automated tenon joiner at Cabinets & Closets Expo next week.

At Lumber Liquidators, sales rose 21% fourth quarter for the largest hardwood flooring specialty retailer in North America, to $210.7 million. Net income increased 63.2% to $13.8 million as average orders rose 3.9%.