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Resilient, hardwood, laminate, and ceramic floor products manufacturer Armstrong Flooring garnered a Golden Hammer Award for the third consecutive year as its Bruce Hardwood Floors business unit received a gold-level award during this week's National Hardware Show in Las Vegas.
Brintons Usaxminster, a British manufacturer that made luxury carpets for cruise ships, nightclubs and hotels, has announced that it plans to shutter its Greenville, Miss., package dye plant plant by year's end.
Millstone Industries, manufacturer of nationally distributed niche wood products, has entered into an agreement to purchase the former Ponderosa Mouldings building in Redmond, Ore., from Jeld-Wen. The new building, more than double the size of the company's current facility, will give Millstone room to grow and create access to more of central Oregon's labor market.
Congoleum Corp. reports that company sales for the three months ended March 31, 2004, declined 3.0 percent to $52.0 million, compared with sales of $53.6 million reported in the first quarter of 2003. The net loss for the quarter was $400,000 vs. a net loss of $2.6 million in the year-earlier period.
CCA Global Partners has appointed Jim Gould, a 35-year industry veteran and former top executive of the venerable Misco Shawnee flooring distributorship, to the role of chief product officer.
The U.S. Commerce Department reported that the value of buildings put in place jumped by 1.5 percent in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $944.1 billion, the highest level on record.
DuPont and subsidiaries of Koch Industries Inc. have finalized the sale of Invista, formerly DuPont Textiles & Interiors, for $4.2 billion, including the assumption of debt and certain joint venture and equity interests covered under a non-binding letter of intent.