Laminate flooring manufacturer Alloc has appointed Augusta, Maine-based NRF Distributors Inc. to serve as its latest distributor in the New England sales region. NRF now represents Alloc's entire family of laminate flooring products throughout Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and portions of New York.
Sales of existing single-family homes were down in January from near-record highs but the pace of transactions remains exceptionally strong on a historical basis.
The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) has devised a new system for developing courses and examinations known as the Job Task Analysis (JTA). The latest course to use the JTA development system is the Substrate and Subfloor Inspector (SSI) category, which is a prerequisite for certification in all IICRC hard surface inspection categories.
The Southern California Floor Covering Association (SCFCA) will host a March 9 meeting to address workers' compensation insurance. On hand to address attendees' questions will be Jerry Nisker of HRH Insurance Services, the endorsed insurance brokers for the WFCA's new workers' compensation insurance program.
The head of Dallas-based C & C Wholesale said arson is the suspected cause of a blaze that gutted the Houston branch of his 11-location distributorship in the late hours of Feb. 12.
VPI has hired Wes Hoover to serve as as the company's new Southwest regional sales manager. Hoover, who has a background in sales and sales management, now oversees all Southwest Region sales for VPI's Floor Products Division.
NobleHouse Wood Flooring Products has established a new Regional Sales Manager team to better service the company's current and future distributorship program in the United States.
Congoleum Corp. has obtained the asbestos claimant votes necessary for approval of its pre-packaged Chapter 11 plan of reorganization, and has proceeded with its bankruptcy filing in Trenton, N.J.
The nation's industrial production rebounded in January, rising by 0.8 percent, in what analysts viewed as an encouraging sign that the industrial sector's recovery is on track.
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