Company co-founder and president Dr. Stephen Gass, the inventor of SawStop’s contact detection technology, will step down from his role as president.

SawStop’s current management team will continue to operate the company out of its Oregon headquarters.

Online retailer Amazon has seen gains in sales of bulky 'eCommerce Immune' Items and Americans are increasingly turning to it for tools, big and heavy home improvement items.

Basically a whole lot of new things we are all going to want.

SawStop has announced it is offering a $199-valued accessory with the purchase of a SawStop professional cabinet saw.

SawStop says the U.S. International Trade Commission has affirmed an administrative law judges patent infringement findings against Bosch, but Bosch disputes the report. The ITC says at its site, "Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to extend the target date for completion of this investigation to January 27, 2017.

SawStop maker SD3 won U.S. Supreme Court support in its antitrust lawsuit against Black & Decker, Robert Bosch, Makita and other toolmakers, of conspiring to boycott its table saw safety technology. The court denied efforts to stop the case.

SawStop LLC has expressed confidence that the company will win its legal action to block from introducing its new Reaxx table saw to the U.S. A spokesman for SawStop said the trial will likely be held in May and a decision is expected by August 2016.

With the announcement of a June 1 release for the new Bosch Reaxx table saw with flesh-sensing technology, Bosch officials are standing firm that their new saw does not violate SawStop patents.