Personnel moves throughout the floor covering industry.
Well-known flooring industry executive Ralph J. Boe has assumed the reins as president of the Beaulieu residential division. Boe, who has oversight responsibility for all aspects of his division -- including both hard and soft surfaces, and raw materials -- succeeds Piet Dossche in the job. Immediately prior to his new appointment, Boe served as CEO and managing director of U.K.-based Carpets International. He will continue to serve as Carpets International chairman for a period of time.
John Bonney has been promoted to vice president of sales for Flexco. Responsible for the domestic and international sales of the company's commercial flooring products, Bonney manages a network of more than 150 distributors and serves on Flexco's executive board. Bonney had acted as Flexco's national sales manager since 1997.
Bostik Findley Flooring Group has appointed adhesives expert Shamsi P. Gravel to the newly created position of product manager - Carpet & Vinyl Management. Gravel, who is charged with developing new products for the company, previously worked as technical service chemical engineer at Permabond.