Known for keeping wood shop work areas comfortable, Big Ass Fans have won the prestigious international red dot product design award for 2012 for its wood-bladed Haiku model fan. Video shows it operating.

Custom cabinetry and millwork company Grand Woodworking added two more experts to its staff. Brett Fix joins in sales; Joe Robbins in drafting and design.

Steelcase promotes two veteran executives to its senior leadership team. Gwinner and Khorramian will report directly to president and CEO James P. Hackett, overseeing key aspects of the company's global strategy.

Red oak and white oak hardwood lumber prices will remain relatively stable with red oak firming during first half of forecast window and softening in second. Chinese white oak demand will offset declines in European demand.

MasterBrand Cabinets parent Fortune Brands reported strong first quarter sales of $799 million, up 12 percent; cabinetry sales rose 3.9 percent to $311 million.

Restaurant furniture maker Selected Furniture is moving its Chinese manufacturing plant and Chicago operations to a 200,000-square-foot plant in Indiana.

CAMBRIDGE, MA – Home remodeling activity is expected to pick up steam by year's end, according to according to the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) released today by the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University.