Kansas City INSTALL and the Heartland Floorcovering Contractors Association will present a four-hour, multi-faceted event for architects and designers to understand how skilled floorcovering enhances the construction industry. The program is scheduled for Thurs., Oct. 16, from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Kansas City and Vicinity Carpenters Training Center, 105 West 12th Avenue, North Kansas City, Mo.
Even with an expected acceleration in economic growth, inflation should remain low, keeping housing near historic highs in 2004, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR).
The Dixie Group Inc. has announced that, following informal discussions with the staff at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Dixie and Shaw Industries Group Inc. have agreed to voluntarily provide the FTC with additional time in which to review the proposed sale of certain Dixie assets to Shaw.
Solutia Inc. has closed on a new revolving credit facility effective immediately. The new three-year, $350 million credit facility is led by Ableco Finance LLC, a unit of Cerberus Capital Management L.P., and other syndicate lenders, Wells Fargo Foothill, and Congress Financial Corp.
Domco Tarkett Commercial has announced that The Stephens Co., headquartered in Houston, has added Tarkett Sommer luxury vinyl tile to
its existing line of Domco Tarkett Commercial products.