Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Welch Company, a division of Center Rock Capital Partners’ Merit Distribution Group, has acquired assets from one of the industry’s top flooring distributors. Welch said it has now acquired the Indiana, Western Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio territories—which also includes facilities—of Gilford-Johnson Flooring, effective Sept.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 6, 2020

a leader in specialty adhesives and installation systems for building construction, has added new opportunities for contractors to earn triple points when purchasing specific products. We encourage contractors to visit our website for a full listing of eligible products.”. Bostik, Inc., To join Bostik Pro Rewards, visit here.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

JANUARY 27, 2020

Manufactured from clay and other naturally-occurring minerals, ceramic tile does not contain the chemicals present in other floor coverings that are receiving increased attention for their possible adverse health effects, such as formaldehyde, VOCs (volatile organic compounds) or PVC (polyvinyl chloride). Cordoba by Metropolitan.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 27, 2021

T oday, consumers want to know where a brand’s products are coming from and how they’re produced; they’re interested in sustainable business practices. Armstrong Flooring is boldly walking into the future with a revitalized brand, an optimized collection of flooring products and adaptive solutions for its customers.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 19, 2020

RevoTile is a true porcelain tile flooring that features a click-style installation method and Daltile’s signature design-driven looks. Flooring retailers and contractors who took on the new product at its launch have already seen positive results. If our installers are mixing an adhesive, they are breathing in dust.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Dalton—Taylor Adhesives announced that it will be increasing its pricing by up to 14% on all new orders and shipments for its solvent-based adhesive products, effective October 1, 2020. Beginning in 2020 Taylor, as with other manufacturers, saw dramatic cost increases in key solvents used in these adhesive formulations.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 3, 2021

By Ken Ryan While the residential flooring market started to take off in the second half of 2020, fueled by the home renovation boom spurred by the COVID-19 shutdown, Main Street commercial was stuck in neutral as scores of restaurants, hair salons and other small shops closed for extended periods. Seizing opportunities.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 23, 2023

Dalton—The Taylor Adhesives Mobile App 2.0 The original Taylor App was introduced in 2020 and has now been fully redesigned,” said Seth Gladden, director of marketing for the Industrial Flooring Division of Meridian Adhesives Group, which includes Taylor. appeared first on Floor Covering News. We believe our 2.0

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Dalton—As part of Taylor Adhesives’ promise to be “with you every step,” the brand has introduced an app that is now available for free download on both Apple and Android smartphones. Taylor is committed to developing best-in-class support tools to reinforce our best-in-class products,” said Paul Murfin, president, Taylor.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 5, 2020

March 2/9, 2020: Volume 35, Issue 18. However, regarding the other categories, the WFCA recently launched the Floor Covering Education Fund and committed $1 million in seed money to address the labor shortage through recruitment and training. Gordon said it is 15% of the business now and margins are better than regular flooring.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

February 2/10, 2020: Volume 35, Issue 16. Ed Sanchez, vice president product management, Mohawk, shows off the launch of Karastan’s new LuxeCraft rigid flooring. Las Vegas—Resilient flooring manufacturers pulled out all the stops at the International Surface Event (TISE) held here last month. By Lindsay Gonzalez.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 9, 2020

“We just had a dealer in Minnesota who worked with a local bowling alley to install one of our click LVT products and get the space in tip-top shape for its customers.”. based New Dimension Hardwood Floors. These considerations, suppliers say, factor into the flooring material selection process.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 27, 2022

flooring industry to post record gains as shoppers continued to spend on home improvements in lieu of lavish vacations. flooring industry went on a wild ride dating back to third quarter 2020, which carried through to the end of 2021. And freight expenses once product reached these shores were through the roof.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 12, 2021

While flooring is still largely ruled by well-established legends and pioneers, there’s a new generation in town. Millennials are making a name for themselves in the flooring game, taking the lead on everything from marketing to retail ownership to product design. He was promoted to CEO in February 2020. Jason O’Krent.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 20, 2020

—Laticrete, a leading manufacturer of flooring solutions, has named Patrick Millot as its chief executive officer. Millot will join Laticrete on August 10, 2020 from the Fortune Global 500 company, Saint-Gobain, a manufacturer of high-performance materials and building products. Millot succeeds David A.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Bandera, Texas—Larry Scott, a veteran of the hardwood flooring and installation industry, passed away on Sept. He started his flooring career in the ’70s as a hardwood flooring installer for French Brown Floors in Dallas. based DriTac Adhesives, where he spent a long and successful career.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Parterre, a brand of AHF Products, has entered into a new distribution partnership with T&L Distributors, part of E.J. The T&L team, along with the breadth of the Parterre product portfolio, opens new opportunities for the A&D community in this region.”. In September of 2020, E.J. Mountville, Pa.— Welch Company.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

February 17/24, 2020: Volume 35, Issue 17. The installation shortage has prompted many flooring manufacturers to develop products that render the installation process easier while saving time and money. Here’s a sampling of new adhesives entering the market. By Ken Ryan. and 95% RH).

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Like most sundry products, adhesives can be considered the backbone of any flooring installation. As such, the performance of those adhesives is key. Adhesives provide a range of performance attributes dependent on need, and these value-added features remain the drivers of innovation in the category.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 19, 2021

By Megan Salzano While 2020 was anything but ordinary, there was one thing the flooring industry could count on: the continued popularity of the resilient category. It will come as no surprise that resilient—led mostly by the rigid core/SPC sub-segments —once again registered gains while many other flooring categories in 2020 did not.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

When it comes to a home remodel, new build or anything in between, the flooring itself is usually what steals the show during the purchase process—and rightfully so. The flooring will more or less provide the backdrop for the design of the space or just simply serve as the place we live our lives on day in and day out.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 6, 2023

These were just some of the hot-button topics on the table at the 2022 North American Association of Floor Covering Distributors and North American Building Material Distribution Association (NAFCD + NBMDA) convention held here late last year. Derek Brooks: We buy a lot of product from Europe—probably equal to Asia. But to A.J.’s

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 21, 2021

By Reginald Tucker Like many other aspirational home improvement categories that benefitted from consumers spending much more time at home in 2020, the North American hardwood flooring sector also reaped the rewards. Hardwood is a highly coveted and sought-after product that adds value and an elevated look to any space.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

February 17/24, 2020: Volume 35, Issue 17. 1 culprit of catastrophic flooring failures in North America. This is often due to condensed construction schedules, fast-tracked projects on land with poor drainage, increased environmental regulations and new flooring materials. Fuller Construction Products. By Ron Loffredo.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 20, 2021

By Reginald Tucker The hardwood flooring category continued to feel the effects of the rising popularity of competing wood look-alike alternatives in 2020, as the hardwood segment took another hit for the second year running. of the total flooring market in 2020 in terms of dollars. of total square footage sold in 2020.

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