Stuart Hardwood Scales Back in Virginia

Stuart, VA, Nov. 26, 2008--Stuart Flooring Corp., a manufacturer of unfinished hardwood strip flooring, eliminated 60 jobs last week, according to the Martinsville Bulletin newspaper.

The layoff was the result of “the sluggish housing market and reduced demand for hardwood flooring,” the newspaper said said.

The company began in 1922 as Stuart Lumber Co. and was incorporated as Stuart Flooring in 1982.