MAPEI CEO Giorgio Squinzi recently received the Leonardo Quality Prize for Italy, which recognizes the Italian entrepreneur's commitment to bringing quality Italian products to an international marketplace.
Tile and stone installation products maker Laticrete has been honored as Family Business of the Year by the 11-year-old University of Connecticut Family Business Program.
The National Tile Contractors Association has finalized the dates for its fourth annual Total Solutions business conference. The NTCA is slating the event for Oct. 10-11, 2007 at the Tradewinds Island Resort in St. Pete Beach, Fla.
Howard Olansky, a highly respected journalist and publisher who devoted his career to the flooring business and is widely credited with advancing the industry in a number of key areas, died Dec. 19 in Los Angeles
after a brief illness. He was 78.
The recently launched sustainable flooring line Stratica is a focus of Amtico''s updated website at www.amtico.com. The site not only provides up-to-date product information on Stratica resilient flooring, but includes a link to the dedicated product site www.stratica.com.
The World Floor Covering Association said it applauds Shaw's upgraded 2007 warranty requiring consumers to maintain their carpets using Carpet & Rug Institute approved products. The trade group also said it fully supports further warranty upgrades in 2008 from Shaw that will require cleaning using technicians certified by the Institute for Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC).
As a mark of its commitment to environmentally friendly products, Bentley Prince Street has achieved special "green" certification for its standard broadloom and carpet tile products. Specifically, the company has received Sustainable Choice Gold/Environmentally Preferable Product (EPP) certification from third-party certifier Scientific Certification Systems. Bentley Prince Street has also been recognized with California Gold certification, modeled closely after the stringent EPP standards.
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