Meet Starnet Dream Team winners Brittany Cast, senior account manager, Millken; and Monty Dolph, VP of commercial sales, Bryan’s Flooring.

Robert Varden, president and CEO of Unite Floor Training Alliance, announced that Sonny Callaham, co-founder and chair of the National Association of Floor Covering Technicians, will head up the Training and Education committee.

The Spanish Pavilion will host a full schedule of educational seminars and presentations, live podcast listening and recording sessions and a range of new collections from Spanish manufacturers.

The Floor Covering Education Foundation (FCEF) is excited to announce its first annual day-long fundraising campaign to take place on Wednesday, May 3.

The University of Ceramic Tile and Stone (UofCTS), CTDA, Fuse Alliance, National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA) and the Terrazzo Tile & Marble Association Of Canada (TTMAC) are offering a special discount during the Coverings 2023 Global Tile & Stone Conference and Exhibition at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida from April 17-21, 2023.

Eleven students, a blend of field supervisors and installers, are participating in the Certified Flooring Installers (CFI) one-week intro class to hardwood, laminate and luxury vinyl plank (LVP) at Pruitt Flooring's training facility in Skinner, Wichita. Dwayne Pruitt, owner, and Jonathan Varden, senior manager of training, CFI, are leading the training. 

The Certified Flooring Installer (CFI) program and the National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) will now offer credit toward certifications for students completing the Floor Covering Education Foundation Basic Flooring Installation program.

Last week, Certified Flooring Installers (CFI) introduced the first industry-wide Advanced Commercial Carpet Certification program, CIII, during preview sessions with carpet, adhesive and tool manufacturers in Dalton, Georgia.

The WIFI Power Hour monthly calls are available for anyone to join, and topics are designed to help women who work in the floor covering industry grow personally and professionally.

Abrasion class is only one component of laminate durability. In this white paper, NALFA clarifies the properties that come into play when describing the durability of a laminate flooring product.