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Industry Disrupters 2022: Shattering the status quo

Floor Covering News

FCNews’ fourth annual Industry Disrupters issue features innovative players and thinkers who are changing the game in terms of product enhancements, technological breakthroughs or simply radical new ways of doing business. AHF Products. Cali Floors. Disrupting through distribution. From takeover target to blazing the acquisition trail.

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High Contrast Minimalist Apartment in Kiev

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Designed by Sergey Makhno Architects , this minimalist apartment in Kiev, Ukraine was developed with functionality in mind. It is here that a high contrast in color temperatures creates a dynamic, almost hypnotizing effect. What are the details you find most appealing about this home in Ukraine?

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RIVA rises to the challenge

Floor Covering News

S upplies of traditional Baltic birch cores have become increasingly scarce due to the war in Ukraine. headquarters in Miami, the company has announced the launch of its new RIVA Core, a 3-ply engineered product that boasts a durable, dense exotic teak intermediate layer sandwiched between a European white oak and a pine bottom/backing layer.

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Executive Forecast 2023: Ceramic

Floor Covering News

While other popular materials—like luxury vinyl—are struggling to maintain price points amid a sea of commodity-driven products entering the market, ceramic tile is known to hold its price and market value through thick and thin. The good news is that many of the products that our brands sell are produced in North America.

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Exclusive: Boen and Somerset—A dynamic duo

Floor Covering News

Ask Patrick Hardy, president and CEO of Bauwerk Group, what made Somerset Hardwood Flooring an attractive purchase and he will tell you three things: the brand, the management and the fact Somerset makes a quality product. I’ve always worked for consumer brands but also production brands. We don’t have any more production capacity.

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Hardwood: State of the Industry 2022

Floor Covering News

These include rising inflation , higher raw materials pricing amid inconsistent availability and, now, a war in Ukraine that has threatened the supply of so many goods and services, including Russia-sourced birch lumber that goes into the core layer of many engineered hardwood flooring products sold globally today.

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Stats 2021: Call it a comeback for ceramic

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“Tile offers an array of unique benefits such as durability, hypoallergenic characteristics, resistance to moisture and bacteria, easiness to maintain and clean all while offering a wide assortment of styles and colors to choose from,” Emser’s Weaver said. The Russia/Ukraine war has put significant cost pressures on ceramic tile.