Carpet industry leader Jack Mishkin brings an exceptional level of style and creativity to the residential carpet industry with the launch of his new company J. Mish Inc.

Universal Fiber Systems LLC has launched its new company website at www.universalfibers.com.

MAPEI has launched a Spanish-language version of its MAPEI Americas website.

San Francisco has announced the adoption of a Green Building Ordinance, which requires that all new projects, including city-owned facilities and leaseholds, achieve a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

Mohawk Industries, Inc. has announced diluted earnings per share (EPS) and net earnings for the third quarter of 2004 of $1.67 (23 percent above last year) and $112,687,000 (23 percent above last year), respectively.

Shaw Laminates has launched an incentive promotion for participating retail sales personnel on many of the division's Laminate Design Gallery products.

Organizers of Surfaces 2005 say the upcoming trade exposition continues to be the only event that offers floor covering professionals everything they need for business success.

NOFMA: The Wood Flooring Manufacturers Association recently awarded Tom Aiken of Smith Flooring in Mountain View, Mo., and Beverly Phelps and Christy White of Maxwell Harwood in Monticello, Ark., with the title of "Master Grader," the highest honor a flooring grader at a NOFMA-certified flooring mill can accomplish.

CCA Global Partners recently hosted their second annual CCA Global Partners/FCIF Charity Golf Tournament at the Evergreen Marriott Resort, located 25 miles from downtown Atlanta. Proceeds from the event were donated to the Floor Covering Industry Foundation (FCIF), a philanthropic organization dedicated to assisting floor covering industry members in times of need.

Customers of Shaw Industries, as well as residents of Dalton, Ga., will soon benefit from the nation's first waste carpet-to-energy project.