MAPEI Americas Plant Number 14 is going online in San Bernardino, Calif., in order to give faster service to the company's customers in the Pacific time zone.

Armstrong will initiate an average 5 percent price increase on selected engineered and other hardwood products within its Bruce, Hartco and Robbins hardwood floors brands, effective with shipments on Jan. 1, 2005.

Lees Carpets recently unveiled Unibond Wet Set RE, an adhesive specially formulated to install broadloom carpets backed with Lees high-performance Unibond backing.

Mohawk Industries has unveiled its SmartStrand fiber made with DuPont's Sorona polymer.

E-Z Cut will unveil its new MTS-1000 Cutting Machine-To-Software Interface at Surfaces 2005, booth #6958.

Over 8,000 non-perishable food items were used in the design and build of two structures in the Amtico Studio as part of the annual Canstruction event, Nov. 11-24 at the New York Design Center at Lexington Ave.

Milliken Carpet made the 2,500 square yards of carpet seen in Galatsi Olympic Hall.

Domco has announced it will not participate in Surfaces 2005.

The Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) has launched a new Seal of Approval program designed to recognize superior carpet cleaning products that pass stringent tests administered by an independent, accredited laboratory.

Congoleum Corp. has reported its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2004.