Patcraft, a brand of Shaw Industries, announced the promotion of Shannon Cochran to vice president of creative and product development.

FCICA, the Flooring Contractors Association, has opened registration for the 35th Annual Convention, The Age of Flooring, hosted at the Wyndham San Antonio Riverwalk March 5 through 8, 2017 with pre-convention events March 4.

Nelson Fishman, long-time CEO and chairman of Fishman Flooring Solutions, passed away in Baltimore, Md., on Dec. 4.

Aspecta One luxury vinyl tile (LVT) by Metroflor received the 2016 Readers’ Choice Best Products Award.

Välinge has filed an action for patent infringement in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware against Halstead New England Corp., part of the Halstead International Group (Halstead) and Home Depot Inc. (Home Depot) “for the wrongful importation, marketing and sales of LVT and WPC flooring products marketed under the names ALLURE ULTRA, ALLURE ISOCORE and TRAFFICMASTER.

Shaw has completed the purchase of USFloors.

HPS Schönox is raising money to help one very special child receive a “wish" this holiday season.

The Ceramic Tile Education Foundation (CTEF) has updated its website to better communicate the value of ceramic tile education and certified tile installation to homeowners, architects, design specifiers, dealers, distributors and tile installation contractors.

Nature Flooring is launching its 2017 campaign with the debut of a new wood plastic composite flooring product in 10 colors, a 12mm laminate product in six colors and a new luxury vinyl tile (LVT) line.