Congoleum Corp. has announced that it is seeking bondholders' approval of certain amendments to the indenture governing its 8 5/8 percent senior notes due 2008.

Six floor covering distributors in the Seattle-Tacoma area hosted Floor-A-Palooza, a one-day sales event for retail customers, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 25.

Armstrong World Industries has disclosed that Chan W. Galbato, president and CEO of Armstrong Floor Products, will leave the company to pursue other opportunities.

The Dixie Group Inc. has reported net income of $1.4 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, for the second quarter ended June 28, 2003, compared with net income of $3.0 million, or $0.25 per diluted share, for the prior-year period.

Solutia Inc. has reported a second quarter loss of $21 million, or 20 cents per share, on net sales of $611 million.

Following in the steps of Mohawk, Shaw, Congoleum and Columbia Flooring, Armstrong has decided to bow out of Surfaces 2004.

Mohawk Industries Inc. announced that W. L. Ross & Co. and Mohawk were successful in their bid for substantially all of the assets of Burlington Industries Inc.

Surfaces 2004, which will take place Jan. 28-30 at the Sands Expo & Convention Center, Las Vegas, is 80 percent sold out, according to Hanley-Wood, with an additional 30,000 square feet of exhibit space being used over last year's show.

Natalie Kay Henderson, a graduate of Northwest High School, Dalton, Ga., has been chosen the 19th recipient of the Textile Rubber Joseph E. Willard Memorial Scholarship.

The International Standards and Training Alliance (INSTALL) has announced the launch of its revamped Web site, www.installfloors.org.