Mercier Wood Flooring has announced its manufacturing and development process for prefinished hardwood flooring has been registered as compliant with the International Standard ISO 9001:2000.
Invista, maker of Antron carpet fiber, is seeking entries for the 9th Antron Carpet Fiber Product Innovation Award. Designed to honor carpet mills whose products "excel in style, aesthetics, color and usage," the awards also take into consideration the techniques used for the carpet's design. Deadline for entries is May 15.
Beaulieu of America has launched Happiness is Bliss, a new sales incentive program for Bliss by Beaulieu carpet dealers. Through the program, retailers can earn a $200 American Express Gift Card for every 200 sq. yards of Bliss carpet sold, except for Bliss for Kids styles. The promotion runs from April 1 to May 31.
The World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) has received the Golden Thinker Award from North American Precis Syndicate, Inc. (NAPS), a service which distributes features for placement in newspapers and other media. The honor is presented to a select few companies each year whose content for editorial placement is the most highly sought by press across the country.
Jack Adleta, CEO of the Adleta Corp., accepts Stauf's Distributor of the Year Award for an unprecedented fifth consecutive year from Wolfgang Stauf, president and owner of Stauf Adhesives, during Surfaces 2009.
China Wood International will host the "2009 Global Flooring Fashion
Trend" press meeting, March 31 at the Shanghai New International
Exhibition Center in China. Designed to give those on hand an in-depth
look at home fashion and flooring trends in China, the event will also
announce the launch of a Flooring Fashion Trend design competition.
As part of a $10.5 million expansion, tile maker Crossville Inc. is
about to install a new 21' high, 180 metric ton SACMI PH7500 press that
is being shipped from Italy, in a three-month voyage by sea and river.
It will be a major feature of Crossville’s state-of-the-art
manufacturing facility and headquarters in Crossville, Tenn.
The U.S. Green Building Council has approved the use of flooring certified to the GREENGUARD Children & Schools standard as an alternative pathway for achieving credit within the LEED Rating System. This means that buildings seeking LEED certification will have an additional option for achieving credit EQ 4.3: Flooring Systems in regards to low-emitting flooring, according to GREENGUARD.
Spartan Surfaces was recently honored as CBC (America) Most Valuable Performer for 2008, based on sales, revenue growth, market penetration and support of CBC initiatives. The company, which was also named a Gold Level Achiever in sales, covers southern New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Washington, D.C., and northern Virginia.
Centiva has joined the SmartWay Transport Partnership, a collaboration between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the freight industry designed to increase energy efficiency while significantly reducing greenhouse gases and air pollution.
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