Ardex Academy is offering free classroom and hands-on product installation training at eight locations throughout North America from July through mid-October.

Stanton Carpet Corp. has named Geoff Siebold Antrim national sales manager and Stanton midwest regional sales manager.

MP Global Products' Perfectly Warm Radiant Heat Film is a gentle radiant heat film designed specifically for floating engineered wood and laminate floors that installs easily over a subfloor or acoustic underlayment. It is also ideally suited for some floating tile floors, according to the company.

Chinese company Fuxin Xinrui Wood Industry. Co has entered into a global non-exclusive license agreement with Välinge for the use of locking systems in laminate and wood floorings.

Kim Gawecki and Bill Reid have joined Questech Corp. in key marketing and sales positions.

Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) is seeking proposals for a 12 to 18 month project to demonstrate value-added uses for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) derived from post-consumer PET carpets (PCC).

Quick•Step recently co-hosted an event in Dallas to benefit local charity started by interior designers, Dwell With Dignity.

Houzz Affiliation Badges along with some of the industry’s leading trade associations, nonprofits and academic institutions, is a new program that enables professionals on Houzz to add badges to their profiles showcasing their affiliation with organizations.

Heading into summer markets in Atlanta, Las Vegas and Tupelo, Miss., Capel Rugs' latest additions to its licensee program, including new Cococozy, Genevieve Gorder, Kevin O'Brien and Biltmore For Your Home designs, feature curves, hand-drawn lines and distinctive patterns, according to the company.

ProSpec's website is now mobile-compatible, providing customers and contractors easy access to the most relevant information for ProSpec products, according to Sean Smith, director of strategic growth.