The National Wood Flooring Association has announced that President Barack Obama’s Home Star program, also known as “Cash for Caulkers,” has been amended to recognize wood products.
Shaw Industries Group has launched Eco Impacts, an environmental product label for the company’s commercially branded carpet tile and broadloom products.
Shaw Industries, parent company of Anderson, said that Anderson will be joining the Shaw regional winter market events in lieu of displaying new products during Surfaces 2011.
The GreenGuard Environmental Institute (GEI) has achieved
ISO/IEC Guide 65:1996 accreditation-the endorsement of a product certification
program as developed by the International Organization for Standardization
(ISO).
DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products LLC, a joint venture between DuPont and Tate & Lyle, plan to expand their Loudon, Tenn.-based plant to increase production of bio-based 1,3 propanediol (Bio-PDO) by 35 percent.
Invista Performance Surfaces & Materials is adding to its research and development with more than $14 million in capital investments at its nylon fiber manufacturing facilities in Camden, S.C.; Dalton, Ga.; and Kingston, Ontario.
Owens Flooring by Colonial Craft, manufacturer of engineered Plankfloor and Select flooring, has hired Mike Luccasen to join with Mike O’Neil and Carrie Jagla under the newly organized company.
Representatives from MAPEI Corp. presented a $5,000 donation to the San Bernandino Symphony prior to the final performance of the 2010 season, which took place May 1 at the California Theater in San Bernardino, Calif.
The U.S. Green Building Council
(USGBC) recently acknowledged the positive impact of tile installations on
indoor air quality by issuing an addendum to LEED 2009, which exempts ceramic
tile from VOC testing in IEQ Credit 4.3
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