Armstrong World Industries named The Kroger Co. as its 2013 Flooring Recycler of the Year. The Armstrong award recognizes organizations that made significant environmental contributions by recycling VCT materials during demolition ...
Tags: VCT materials, Chemicals, Construction
Beginning May 19, Max Windsor Floors will implement a 4% to 9% price increase on all engineered wood floors. According to Peter Spirer, CEO, the increase is attributable to rising lumber costs, the strengthening of Chinese currency and ...
Tags: Construction, wood floors, floor
Are you currently looking to improve your patio or garden? Here are ten simple tips to really make the most of it: Give it a power clean First of all, make sure your patio slabs are as clean as they can be! This may call for a ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, garden, patio, Construction
Bona US is a partner sponsor of the upcoming National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) Wood Flooring Expo. This national industry event will be held in Nashville, Tenn., April 16 to 19. "It's important that we invest and continue to ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Owens Flooring, by Quanex Building Products, is expanding its Plankfloor line with new wire brushed capabilities. “The market for engineered wood flooring is evolving as the desire for sustainable, durable and aesthetically pleasing ...
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Armstrong Commercial Flooring has introduced Flip Spray Adhesive for revenue-generating spaces that require a quick flooring renovation. The same confidence in quality and performance in all Armstrong adhesive products is repeated in this ...
WACKER, the Munich-based chemical company, is strengthening its presence in South East Asia by opening a Philippine representative office in Manila. Opened yesterday, the office will distribute products of the chemical business divisions ...
Tags: Textile
Mohawk is one of three finalists for the Clean Tech Innovation Award in the Metro Atlanta Chamber's E3 Environmental Awards for Atlanta area businesses. The E3 Awards highlight the companies, organizations and individuals working to ...
Tags: Clean Tech, Service
Spartan Surfaces Now Representing SelecTech in Midwest. This arrangement supplements an existing relationship between the two companies where Spartan Surfaces represents SelecTech in the Atlantic Coast region. "We have had a very good ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Today, April 1, is the last day to register for the World Floor Covering Association (WFCA)-sponsored International Floorcovering Installers (CFI) Atlanta-area training and certification course April 8-11 in Doraville, Ga. WFCA vice ...
Tags: Construction, Floor
No matter the category, technology has been playing a major role in the types of products manufacturers are able to produce, and the tile industry is no different. In fact, many would argue there's a technological revolution taking place in ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Thinner Tiles, Tile
The biggest objection I hear from flooring dealers about becoming immersed in social media has to do with time. Their days are busy enough without having to add another layer of work that seems overwhelming when new social networks seem to ...
Tags: Flooring, Construction, Decoration
Armstrong Century Farm Hardwood Flooring used on NBC's "American Dream Builders" renovation competition. Armstrong and Bruce flooring products were used on NBC's new reality competition series, "American Dream Builders," which premiered ...
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Global petrochemicals producer Oxea is to raise its European production capacity of dioctyl terephthalate (DOTP), a general-purpose plasticizer, by 50,000 mt/year by the fourth quarter of 2015, it said Monday. Oxea has signed a memorandum ...
Tags: petrochemicals, Oxea, dioctyl terephthalate
Despite harsh winter weather, the World Floor Covering Association (WFCA)-sponsored International Certified Floorcovering Installers Association (CFI) training workshop in Baltimore was a success. For the first time in the training ...
Tags: Construction, flooring