Citing a spike in fuel costs, Tarkett Commercial has increased its wholesale prices by 5 to 7 percent on commercial tile, linoleum flooring and select commercial sheet vinyl products.
Mannington Mills said it is parting company with one of it top distributors in the northeast and expanding the territories of two others to pick up the slack.
Carpet maker Bentley Prince Street has received a thumbs up from the ISO in two key areas: quality management and environmentally friendly manufacturing standards.
Citing "significant cost increases" in fuel and raw materials, Mannington Mills said it has taken the step of raising prices on its commercial sheet vinyl and VCT products...
Joe Grady, an internationally recognized authority on flooring installation issues, and a long-time columnist for National Floor Trends and Floor Covering Installer magazines, died Friday, Dec. 9, following a prolonged battle with respiratory complications from rheumatoid arthritis. He was 79.
Commercial flooring giant Tarkett has agreed to acquire Johnsonite, a manufacturer that is based in Chagrin Falls, Ohio and best known for its specialty rubber floors and wall bases. The deal stands to significantly extend Tarkett's distribution and visibility while aligning Johnsonite with one of the world's largest flooring suppliers.
Mohawk and 3M have teamed up to create a new generation of carpet and hardwood flooring that will offer an advanced form of Scotchgard protection. 3M said it has developed a "total-fiber protector" that is specially formulated for Mohawk carpet and Solutia Wear-Dated fiber. The new formulation, Scotchgard Protector Advanced Repel Technology, is described as "an integral part of the carpet manufacturing process that provides advanced deep-down protection." It is designed to be well suited to high-traffic areas including entryways, stairwells and hallways.
Insufficient demand and increased production costs have prompted Dow Chemical Canada to halt production of Woodstalk, which has been positioned as a more environmentally-friendly, high quality alternative to wood-based fiberboard and particle board. In announcing its decision to shut the division that produces Woodstalk-Dow BioProducts in Elie, Manitoba, Canada-Dow Chemical officials said demand "was not at a level high enough to generate the returns necessary to sustain the business." The company added that increased natural gas and oil "made it ever more difficult to justify continued operation of the business and the plant." It will cease manufacturing the material by Dec. 31.
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