At its board of directors meeting in Sept., the NWFA approved the leasing of a new training center in Las Vegas, Nevada. 

Teragren has signed an agreement with Abbey Carpet Co. -- which includes Abbey Carpet & Floor, Floors to Go and The Floor Club -- to provide Teragren bamboo flooring and countertop products to Abbey’s participating retailers.

Bona US recently opened the Bona Midwest Regional Training Center in Skokie, Illinois.

Summer Turner, president of House of Carpets in Murfreesboro, Tenn., has been appointed to fill an unexpired vacancy on the Board of Directors of the World Floor Covering Association (WFCA).

Motawi Tile Co., together with dozens of sixth grade students from Creekside Intermediate School, have embarked on a project that includes 280 tiles depicting ancient civilations.

The executive and supervisory boards of Pfleiderer AG have approved the permanent closing of the company's particleboard production plant in Gschwend, Germany.

Basic Coatings, Powernail, and 3M have teamed up to offer an Install/Sand/Finish school Jan. 17-20, 2011  at Basic Coatings’ national headquarters in Toledo, Ohio.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released proposed revisions to their "Guides For The Use of Environmental Marketing Claims."

Larry Lane, president of Long Island, N.Y.-based Lane Sales, announced that the company has added a new hospitality division.

The Washington Design Center in Washington, D.C., is offering its free Business of Design seminar series, Oct. 12-Dec. 7.