BASF said it will increase its prices for all BUTONAL and BUTOFAN styrene-butadiene high and medium solids latex products by up to $US 0.07 per wet pound in the United States and Canada, effective May 21.
While the corporate name is
changing to H.B. Fuller Construction Products, the company will continue to market
its products under the brands recognized in the marketplace.
Five Coverings 2010 exhibitors recently netted Best in Show booth awards at the annual international tile and stone show and conference held at the Orange County Convention Center. This year saw a first as two companies were cited as the Overall Best in Show: Porcelanite/Lamosa and American Marazzi Tile.
Florida Tile has been awarded $162,500 in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) economic stimulus funding to replace old, inefficient lighting with advanced, energy-efficient fixtures at its manufacturing facility in Lawrenceburg, Ky.
Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes rose in May for the second consecutive month to its highest level in more than two years, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), released yesterday.
At the recent National Association of Realtors Midyear Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo in Washington, D.C., NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun identified some positive trends in the commercial market that point to an eventual recovery.