Mark Ahrens, corporate segment manager, DuPont Antron, recently assumed additional responsibilities for the hospitality market as the new hospitality segment manager.
Vision 2003, the annual program of seminars held concurrently with Coverings 2003, will feature more than 100 free workshops and courses. Scheduled for March 24-27 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., Vision 2003 is expected to draw more than 30,000 attendees.
When the product category launched in the United States during the mid 1990s, laminate flooring generally was positioned as a less expensive, easier-to-install alternative to wood flooring. Since then, laminate styling has moved on to rather convincingly imitate the looks of ceramic, stone and other popular hard-surface floor covering materials.
Cevisama, which will take place in Valencia March 4-8, has evolved into a truly world-class event. Spain’s showcase of the latest in ceramic tile product developments grows bigger and more elaborate with each edition. And the 2003 staging of the show promises to build on that tradition.
Eight months of painstaking work was required to complete the construction of DuPont Flooring Systems’ new Houston branch headquarters. This new workspace, at 7108 Old Katy Road, was designed to capitalize on the design possibilities presented by 50,000 square feet of space -- an increase of 20,000 square feet compared to the company’s previous Houston facility at 5849 Westview Drive.
For several years now, numerous articles have been published about the “installation crisis” that exists in our industry. In the vast majority of those articles, a lack of installer training and education has been identified as the culprit behind the crisis. But because the problem continues to fester, perhaps now is the time to consider an alternative cause of this phenomenon.
When I was a full-time employee of various floor covering manufacturers, I became totally immersed in thinking that the only surface that existed in the room was the floor! The theory was that you began the planning and decoration of a room with the largest surface -- which, of course, is the floor.
The World Floor Covering Association’s National Installation Contest 2003, which is co-sponsored by National Floor Trends and Floor Covering Installer magazines, will be held in Las Vegas at the Sands Expo & Convention Center during Surfaces, Jan. 29-31.
Over the years, I’ve seen my fair share job failures. In this article, I’ll discuss a few of the insights I’ve gleaned from such situations. Hopefully, they’ll help you avoid similar problems.
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