The North American Laminate Flooring Association (NALFA) recently hosted the 2004 ISO (International Organization for Standardization) Flooring Conference in Key West, Fla. Attendees discussed updated standards and improved testing methods for laminate flooring.
The Miami Expo -- a trade-only, order-writing exhibition that focuses on flooring, door and window products -- is scheduled to debut at the Miami Beach Convention Center March 23-25, 2005.
CCA Global Partners has appointed Randy Gum to the position of vice president, Hard Surfaces. In this new role, Gum will lead the buying cooperative's hard-surface programs and will be responsible for planning, acquiring and coordinating hard-surface products and programs for all flooring divisions within the CCA Global network.
Tarkett Residential plans to initiate a 4 to 6 percent price increase on select products in its resilient and FiberFloor offerings. The resilient increases will take effect July 1 and the FiberFloor increases will become effective Sept. 1.
Springfield, Mo.-based C & C Floorcovering and St. Louis-based David C. Gibson Co. have added Nafco residential luxury flooring to their existing portfolios of Tarkett products.
On June 7, Parador and Unilin signed an agreement in which Parador commits to abandon the glueless laminate flooring market in the United States. Parador's move was based on risks related to the Unilin U.S. patents.
Prefinished hardwood flooring transitions manufacturer Seneca Millwork, a member of the Roppe Holding Co. family has named Joe Albany to serve as the company's Flooring Industry Sales Manager.
Witex USA announced that it has been acquired by an investment group comprising senior management, Chatham and KCA Capital, and Bill Hamlin, who will serve as the company's chairman.
This summer, Carpet One is rolling out two new courses at Carpet One University, the floor covering retailer's proprietary training program for its store owners and their employees.
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