Tarkett has expanded its ReStart Recycling and Reclamation Program by adding consolidators to the process. Erv Parent, NRF Distributors, Inc. and Johnson Wholesale Floors with Brumark have joined the program as the first consolidators, ...
Tags: Recycling industry, Construction
Dalton, Ga.-based carpet company J+J Flooring Group has assumed full-time operational responsibilities for its ECOCYCLE?/Aquafinity? industrial water reuse system from Knoxville, Tenn.-based water solutions company Aqua-Chem Inc. The two ...
Tags: Textile
UK retail sales values were up 1.8% on a like-for-like basis from August 2012, when they had decreased 0.4% on the preceding year. On a total basis, sales were up 3.6%, against a 1.6% increase in August 2012. While the growth was ...
Tags: Retail Sales, Textile
SIOUX CITY | Sometimes going green means getting blue. Skyy Vodka's iconic cobalt-colored bottles are going from cocktails to countertops, providing a recycled glass surface with sustainability and style. That's just one popular option ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Glass
Today's hardwood flooring is manufactured in so many varieties—from numerous thicknesses, widths, lengths, species, colors (natural and stained), textures, patterns, inlays and more. In fact it's now even packaged in different ...
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To be most successful in today's marketplace, specialty retailers should excel at offering stronger customer service and a better purchasing experience than consumers may get at a home center — and Quick-Step's Educational Resource ...
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Senco is introducing the SHF200, a compact, high-speed pneumatic cleat nailer that makes professional hardwood flooring installations fast, safe, and more affordable. Delivering five percent more power than other flooring nailers in its ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
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 ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
There are benefits that you can get when you will apply floor coatings in your floor. Industrial and commercial buildings are often used with coatings on the floor. With the installation or application of the coatings on the floor, you need ...
Tags: Floor Coatings, Coating, Construction
Polishing your flooring needs a high quality floor grinder. This grinder can be purchase in leading hardware or superstore for tools and equipment. There are different types of floor grinder but the most efficient grinder is the diamond ...
Industrial and commercial building construction can be tough and hard and it needs heavy planning especially the foundation and the flooring of the building. Industrial buildings have the need of a higher percentage of durability because of ...
Tags: Floor, Construction, Processing Machinery
The Resilient Floor Covering Institute released five industry average Environmental Product Declarations, making resilient flooring the first floorcovering category to offer industry average EPDs. Five types of resilient flooring were ...
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Tandus Centiva, a Tarkett company, has published seven Environmental Product Declarations to further enhance transparency, accountability and third party validation for its modular and hybrid resilient flooring products. The manufacturer ...
Tags: Resilient Flooring, Flooring
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 ...
Tags: Floor Tiles, Construction, Decoration
Scott Humphrey, president and CEO of the World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) will serve as MC for the FloorTek Expo VIP Breakfast on Tuesday, September 10 at 7:30 am. Mr. Humphrey was with Shaw Industries for 24 years as head of its ...
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