Luxe Premium Floors has partnered with American Products to distribute its line of pre-finished wood flooring in the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida from its new Jacksonville, Fla., warehouse.

Summit International Flooring has partnered with Jacaranda Carpets, a U.K. company that makes high-end luxury carpets and rugs.

Rug Doctor has established a new business development team to leverage the growing appeal for the company's machines.

Couristan’s annual Outdoor Living Merchandising Promotion—taking place March 21 through June 30—offers deals on the company’s full assortment of indoor/outdoor rugs as well as two merchandising display options.

Cosentino has launched the Dekton Floor and Tile program.

Innovations4Flooring (I4F) has received an intention to grant letter from the European Patent Office (EPO) for a divisional patent application relating to its 3L TripleLock innovation.

The National Academy of Floor Covering Training's (NAFCT) Introduction to Substrate and Subfloor Inspection course, taking place Aug. 10 and 11 in Toronto, will be an introductory, prerequisite course created to teach a basic understanding of substrates and sub-floors as they relate to finish floor coverings.

The Manufacturing Institute will award Shaw Industries’ Kim Seijo, business intelligence and MDM (product domain) director; LaRuthie Mason, START industrial maintenance training manager and Erika Swartz, senior process engineer, with the Women in Manufacturing Science, Technology, Engineering and Production (STEP) Award on Thursday, April 21.

Swisstrax recently introduced Vinyltrax, Carpetrax and Turftrax.

Soci has unveiled 17 new porcelain collections.