With 150 Elite Dealer showrooms nationwide, Armstrong has reached an important milestone and is instituting a special annual award to recognize the "Top Three Elite Retailers" in the country: The Gold Award goes to Worldwide Wholesale Floor ...
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USFloors has received a patent for the company's Corboo flooring (U.S.Pat. No. 8,541,085). Corboo is a cork-infused strand woven bamboo floor that marries two of nature's most sustainable flooring materials to create a truly unique, ...
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Välinge Innovation is pleased to announce the extension of its cooperation with Jiangsu Shengmao Plastic Products Co. The license agreement with the Chinese company was extended to the use of Välinge's patented technologies for ...
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Baltimore was the site of the 20th Anniversary Celebration for the International Certified Flooring Installers Association (CFI). A tour of the Armstrong residential sheet vinyl manufacturing plant in Lancaster, PA was enjoyed by the ...
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Välinge is pleased to announce the signature of a license agreement with Huizhou NaiBao Plastic Products Co., Ltd for the use of Välinge's mechanical locking patented technologies in their LVT flooring products. The Chinese ...
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Beaulieu America, the residential division of Beaulieu Group, has launched a complete offering of luxury vinyl flooring on a limited basis to specified regions. Released under the Bliss brand name, the collection features planks and tiles ...
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While NeoCon 2013, held recently at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, saw only a slight increase in attendance—41,488 people this year compared to 40,947 at last year's event—the show was full of energy, optimism and crowded ...
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Possibly the biggest focus today in the flooring industry is on the constantly growing residential luxury vinyl tile (LVT) category, where Armstrong's widely popular Alterna continues to be a top seller at retail. Now the company is ...
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Laminate flooring is a segment growing in usage and profitability in some areas, but losing ground in others. This is among the findings gathered through the 2013 Floor Trends Laminate Market Study, conducted by parent company's BNP Media's ...
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Five of China's leading manufacturers of resilient flooring – ChinaFloors Timber (China) Co. Ltd. (ChinaFloors), Taizhou Huali Plastic Co. Ltd. (Taizhou Huali), Zhangjiangang Elegant Plastics Co. Ltd (Eletile), DeZign North America ...
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The International Certified Flooring Installers Association is celebrating 20 years of promoting the individual flooring installers worldwide in Baltimore, MD August 22-24th 2013. The CFI Convention is open to all in the industry. On ...
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Change is in the air for healthcare. Whether you are in senior living, the surgery wing or the lobby of a hospital, healthcare offers great opportunities for growth, especially when it comes to flooring. People no longer want to feel as ...
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Välinge Innovation and Novalis Innovative Flooring announce that the companies have signed a license where Novalis obtains a license on Välinge IP related to resilient floors, including an indemnification on patents from ...
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The Victorian Automotive Chamber of Commerce (VACC) has labelled aspects of the Victorian Government’s proposed changes to the roadworthy certificate system as “nonsense”. Victorian Treasurer Michael O’Brien ...
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Personna has introduced a new line of ArmorEdge Blades and the all new White Lightning Aluminum Fixed Blade Carpet Knife to meet the toughest demands of today's carpet and flooring installers. As the housing market begins to grow again, and ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Carpet Knife