Office furniture giant HNI Corp. announced sales of $466.1 million and income from continuing operations of $12.6 million for the fourth quarter ended Jan. 1, 2011. For fiscal year 2010, the corporation reported sales of $1.7 billion and income from continuing operations of $29.7 million.

Store fixture firm idX Corp. will receive $360,000 from the Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) for expansion of its recently acquired Lancaster Industries manufacturing facility in Cuero, TX.

After a year that included new management, restructuring, divestments and plant closures, Steelcase Inc. reported net income of $20.4 million on $2.44 billion of revenue for fiscal 2011, versus a $13.6 million loss on $2.29 billion in income for the year prior.

"Demand for U.S.-made flooring in Q2 will be limited by lackluster residential construction and pressure from imports, report Hardwood Publishing's analysts in this week's Lumber Report. "New tariffs on Chinese engineered flooring will shift some sourcing to other Asian producers. Long-term, tariffs would only enable U.S. firms to recover a small percentage of domestic market share—47% of which now belongs to Chinese products."

Yorktowne Cabinetry is closing the Red Lion, PA plant. OSHA moved this week to fine wood firms, charging Trautschold Millwork with amputation risks; heads rolled at Kid Brands' LaJobi unit over China wood furniture import duty payments; and Pepsi barked back with a plastic bottle using pine bark. Other top stories: Jonas Geiger Furniture by Dovetail; and NASA lauds a star-studded wood table.

WACO, TX -- Trautschold Millwork Ltd., a high-end architectural woodwork firm, has been cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 22 serious violations for allegedly exposing workers to potential amputations at its manufacturing plant.

According to the National Wood Flooring Assn., today's wood flooring finishes are low in VOCs, making them more environmentally friendly than ever before.

Industry veteran James “Jim” C. Hamer, 73, passed away March 17 after a long battle with cancer. Hamer was the president of Jim C. Hamer Cos. and a past president of both the National Hardwood Lumber Assn. and the Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers Inc.

The wood tools firm has named Ken Wolf to the post.

LAVAL, QC -- Uniboard, a manufacturer of engineered wood products, has made it possible for its distributors to simultanelously order products from its Mont-Laurier and Val-d’Or mills located in Quebec, Canada.