Imagine Tile has hired Lynda Portelli as manager of marketing and public relations. In this newly created position, Portelli will oversee all marketing and public relations campaigns for the Imagine Tile brand, reporting directly to president Christian McAuley... more

Industry veteran Raymond Shrader has joined forces with Coreworks Learning Systems to help “North America’s flooring retailers unlock their full profit potential,” said Michael Vickers, a partner... more

San Antonio—Vitromex USA, Inc. is pleased announce that Steve Gebbia has joined the company as regional sales manager for the North Central Region, which covers the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin... more

Shawano, Wis.—Owens Forest Products (OFP) has hired Tom Frank as its new president and CEO. He was also named to the board of directors. Bob Owens, who has been serving as OFP’s president for 32 years, is now chairman of the board and remains the company’s sole owner... more

Dalton—Shaw Industries has appointed John Bradshaw to the newly created position of environmental marketing manager to aid in the mill’s restart of the Evergreen nylon recycling facility and the collection of post-consumer carpet to supply it... more

Tarkett Commercial recently honored it top performing distributors for their achievements in sales of Tarkett Specialty products for 2005. The big winner was Canadian wholesaler Erv Parent Co., from British Columbia, which was named Distributor of the Year... more

Shawano, Wis.—Owens Forest Products (OFP) has hired Mike Ricker as director of sales and marketing for Owens Flooring Co., a division of OFP and manufacturer of Plankfloor engineered wood flooring... more

Thomasville, N.C.—Quick-Step has made a couple of changes to its organizational structure to better service its distributor and retail customers.

Roy Foster has been named vice president of sales for the laminate maker... more

North Canton, Ohio—Donald Olsen, president of U.S. operations for the Roca Tile Group, will leave the company Aug. 31 to pursue other opportunities. Olsen has been with Roca’s United States Ceramic Tile Co. division for 21 years and has served as president since 1995... more

DALTON (August 14, 2006) — David Duncan has been promoted to Vice President of Marketing for Mohawk Residential, according to Tom Lape, President of Mohawk Residential Flooring.

Duncan takes over the position from Ed Williams, who announced his retirement... more