Pyramid Sports Floors/Woodco Flooring Inc., a manufacturer/supplier of maple flooring systems, has launched a new Web site at www.pyramidsportsfloors.com.

The National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) is accepting entries for its 2004 Floor of the Year Contest.

Cast Products of Elkhart, Ind., a nationwide distributor of building products and components to recreational vehicle and manufactured home (RV/MH), industries, will now distribute Armstrong flooring products.

The University of Michigan's preliminary reading of consumer sentiment rose to 103.2, the highest since November 2000.

The RPA is sponsoring a Radiant Basics class and Certification Exam in Portland, Ore., on Feb. 6 at the Four Points Sheraton East.

Master carpenter Norm Abram of the Emmy Award-winning series This Old House visited Columbia Flooring's Danville, Va., engineered hardwood flooring plant on Nov. 24 to film a segment that will premiere on PBS Thursday, Jan. 22, in the first half of The New This Old House Hour.

The Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE), the industry-led effort to reduce the flow of waste carpet to landfills, has announced the dates for its second annual conference, to be held at Pensacola Beach, Fla., at the Hilton Gardens April 29-30.

Robert Peoples, Ph.D., has joined the Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) staff as director of sustainability.

More than 900 exhibiting companies are on their way to Surfaces 2004 to introduce new products, including entries in carpet, ceramic tile, hardwood, laminate, resilient, rugs, stone, underlayment, accessories and specialty flooring.

The Labor Department has reported that first-time claims for state unemployment aid for the week ended Jan. 10 dropped 11,000 to 343,000 from a revised 354,000 in the previous week.