Rubber, vinyl and ESD control commercial flooring manufacturer Flexco has named C & F Distributors and Design Materials to represent the company's product line.
Strategic alliance bargaining between FieldTurf Inc. and Tarkett has produced a letter of intent, signed March 4, 2004, that creates a binding agreement which will result in the pairing of two successful entities.
The KED Fiber Ltd. and KED Fiber LLC subsidiaries of Koch Industries have advised DuPont that they intend to accelerate the closing of the sale of Invista to April 30. DuPont and the Koch companies also have agreed to an amendment of the purchase agreement, adjusting the sale
price to $4.2 billion, including the assumption of debt and certain joint venture and equity interests covered under a non-binding letter of intent.
Armstrong announced that it will initiate an average 7 to 8 percent price increase on selected solid hardwood products within its Bruce, Hartco and Robbins brands effective with shipments on May 7, 2004.
Helmitin Adhesives, a producer of epoxy, urethane and acrylic floor covering adhesives in North American and Europe, has appointed Larry Press to serve as the company's director of flooring.
The American division of Brintons Carpets, the UK-based woven carpet producer, has just concluded its 2004 Sales and Marketing Conference near Atlanta.
Chief executives' confidence in the nation's economy, which had slipped to 66 in the final quarter of 2003, surged to 73 in the first quarter of 2004, the Conference Board reported.