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Mats Inc. has launched a new web site at www.matsinc.com, designed to provide instant access to on-line design and spec tools for architects, designers and building managers.

The Commerce Department reported that companies boosted inventories by 0.6 percent in December, the largest amount in three months.

DuPont scientists have recently utilized corn -- instead of conventional petroleum-based processes -- to produce the company's latest polymer platform for use in clothing, carpets and automobile interiors.

Mike Melkonian and Dick Hillman of Advance Floors, and Gene Podell of Carpetland garnered Retailer of the Year awards from Alliance Flooring.

Mannington Mills Inc. and DuPont have announced an exclusive, multi-year agreement where Mannington will market newly developed coatings for resilient, laminate and wood flooring products using the DuPont Teflon brand.

Burlington Industries Inc. and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. have executed a definitive agreement for Berkshire Hathaway to acquire Burlington Industries.

In March, Pacific Northwest flooring distributor Wanke Cascade will host daylong flooring installation fairs in Portland and Seattle.

The nation's unemployment rate dropped to 5.7 percent in January as businesses added 143,000 new jobs, the Labor Department reported.

Mohawk Industries Inc. announced record net earnings and diluted earnings per share (EPS) for the fourth quarter of 2002 with $84,201,000 (42 percent above last year) in net earnings or $1.25 per share (13 percent above last year).

Louisiana-Pacific Corp. (LP) announced that Daniel K. Frierson, chairman & chief executive officer of The Dixie Group, has been elected to the board of directors, effective Feb. 1, 2003.