DALTON (March 28, 2011)— For the seventh straight year, Mohawk and its aligned retailers are partnering to create a springtime national selling event that has proven effective in building store traffic, increasing sales, and strengthening... more

Vancouver, B.C. Bellavita Tile, Inc. now offers a comprehensive series of sales aids to help salespeople both in-showroom and on-appointment relative to the selling of their tile materials. Included in this offering are an architectural chip box; a tiered stand (photo at left) which can hold up to... more

March 24, 2011: LATICRETE, a global leader in the manufacturing of innovative systems for the installation of tile and stone, donated LATICRETE® 254 Platinum – a top of the line premium thin-set adhesive – for internationally-acclaimed mosaic artist Julie Richey to set the stage for La Corrente (The Current), the 2011 winner of... more

Dallas, March 22, 2011 – Flooring Industries, the intellectual property company of the Unilin group, has recently signed new license agreements with several manufacturers of LVT (luxury vinyl tile) products. These companies will from now on be... more

By Louis Iannaco

LAS VEGAS—Retailers attend Surfaces looking for exciting new products that will draw customers into their stores and boost profit margins. Those were two good reasons why Mohawk’s Wear-Dated carpet fiber, Revive, stood out at... more

The inaugural issue of the Journal of Hazard Mitigation and Risk Assessment (JHAZ) addresses a subject especially relevant to recent events: building to mitigate risk. The new journal from the National Institute of Building Sciences, under the sponsorship of its Multihazard Mitigation Council, focuses on... more

ROSSVILLE GA, March 21, 2011 – Carpet maker Beaulieu of America lent a hand in helping to make some lucky Rossville, GA family’s dream come true on national television. The popular ABC Network Extreme Makeover: Home Edition came to Rossville, GA, a community of about... more

LANCASTER, PA – March 21, 2011 – Lancaster-based manufacturer, ECORE International Inc., manufacturer of ECOsurfaces Commercial Flooring and Everlast sports surfacing with Nike Grind is pleased to announce the introduction of its patent-pending itstru Technology and the closing of its $40MM recapitalization and... more

SALEM, N.J.—For more than 35 years American companies have been sending jobs, mostly from the manufacturing sector, overseas in search of cheap labor and less stringent regulations. In fact, the U.S. has not had a trade surplus since 1975 as one company after another... more

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. – [Embargoed until March 21, 2011] – Teragren (www.teragren.com), a global leader in the manufacturing of fine bamboo flooring, worktops/countertops, panels and veneer, today has officially disengaged from Building Plastics Inc. (BPI) as its... more