Our company was not just built on reputation we continue to build on it. When our grandfather started Lippert Tile Co. in 1949, his goal was to develop a strong business based on his reputation for excellence in the Milwaukee market and to provide employment opportunities for his family.
Rubber as a flooring material has been around since about the 1940s, starting with the smooth, marbleized design tile that was a workhorse product in all kinds of heavy traffic areas.
Millennials are the group that follows Gen Xers and there appears to be no exact dates as far as I can tell as to exactly when this generation starts and ends, but depending on who you ask people in this group were born somewhere around the early 1980s to somewhere around 1995.
Say the word commercial and most people immediately think of those two-minute breaks between their favorite TV shows to run to the restroom or grab a bite to eat, and more recently, the 15 to 30 second spots prior to watching that video of a cat doing something cute.
The National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) announced the winners of its 2014 Wood Floor of the Year contest during its Wood Flooring Expo held in Nashville, Tenn.
At its recent convention in Ft. Laurderdale, Fla., Starnet Worldwide Commercial Flooring Partnership honored its members, vendors and the designers they work with at its 14th annual Design Awards celebration.
Being the biggest and best, no matter the profession or discipline, takes a great deal of hard work and perseverance. But it also means never sitting on one’s laurels.
Selecting the right flooring for a space not only adds to its look, but experience and overall feel. That is one of the main points designers said when Floor Trends polled them to find out just what they’re looking for when designing for commercial spaces.
Unlike the residential market, which is essentially single family housing and most often dealing with remodels, the commercial sector is a vast sea of segments, ranging anywhere from corporate offices to healthcare to education to hospitality to retail to government/military and technically anything else not handled by the typical neighborhood retailer.
