The Long Island Floor Covering Association will host a free educational seminar, "Preventing and Handling Complaints," at 7 p.m. March 31 in Long Island, N.Y.
Zeftron nylon is seeking entries for the 2009 Sustainable Practices Award. The award aims to recognize facility professionals who are "taking innovative strides to create more sustainable environments at home, at work and in their community," according to Zeftron. One grand prize winner will receive $2,000 to donate to an environmentally focused charity.
International Design Guild recently donated more than 37,000 sq. ft. of flooring to support the Atlanta-area chapter of Habitat for Humanity. The donation, which included the Guild's exclusive Dabbieri product lines, is valued at $98,752.
John Mauro has joined Formica Flooring as a regional sales manager. He was most recently a Formica Flooring specialist at T&L Distributing. He will oversee Formica Flooring distributors Darant, Denver Hardwood, Midwest Floor Covering and T&L Distributing.
The National Disaster Reconstruction Conference & Expo (NDRExpo) announced registration for its educational programs is now available by visiting www.ndrexpo.com. The conference, which takes place June 17-18 in New Orleans, features experts who will address disaster preparation, response, repair, remediation, and restoration. The event is co-sponsored by TILE Magazine’s sister publication Restoration & Remediation, and several BNP Media publications.
As reported last week on this website, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey recently stayed an order to dismiss Congoleum's more than five-year-old bankruptcy case pending an appeal. The decision reversed an earlier decision by the same court to dismiss the case after deciding that certain aspects of the proposed reorganization plan did not comply with bankruptcy code. Roger Marcus, CEO of Congoleum, said he sees the recent developments as "positive steps."
Citing the need to "unify its focus," J&J Industries, the maker of J&J Commercial and Invision Carpet Systems brand flooring, has merged its two brands into J+J/Invision. The new brand will feature a wide range of front and back office coordinates for commercial environments, with an aligned product and business philosophy, according to the company.
NSF International, a nonprofit group that certifies products and writes standards for food, water and consumer goods, has published a guidebook to help flooring makers understand the NSF/ANSI 140-2007 Sustainable Carpet Assessment Standard. According to NSF, the guidebook is aimed at "making it easier to understand NSF 140 and establish consistency in the data collection and documentation required for certification."
Beaulieu drew more than 350 dealers to Re-Surfaces, a two-day warehouse show and sales event held last month in Edison, N.J. Designed to offer dealers in the Northeast who did not attend Surfaces 2009 a chance to see Beaulieu's latest lines, the event featured new products in Bliss Healthy Home, Bliss Flirtation and Bliss for Kids styles. Roll specials were also available to those on hand.
According to documents filed by Congoleum with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New
Jersey stayed an order recently to dismiss Congoleum's more than
five-year-old Chapter 11 bankruptcy case. The stay was ordered by U.S.
Bankruptcy Judge Kathryn Ferguson, which reversed her decision on Feb.
26 to dismiss the Chapter 11 case after 20 days. The stay was granted
pending an appeal.
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