Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

L as V egas —With every major flooring manufacturer represented, and with international attendees returning at their highest level in years, Surfaces ’24 very much hit the mark as the industry’s most important flooring event. “A Flooring dealers agreed Surfaces 2024 stood out in a number of ways. “I 28-30, at Mandalay Bay.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 3, 2023

FCNews has announced the winners of its second annual FCNnovation Awards —a program designed to recognize and showcase some of the most innovative new products and technologies unveiled in the current year. Premier Flooring Center. The selling system’s best product is nylon 6,6—which includes Dixie’s EnVision 6,6 fiber. “The

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2022

Mohawk and Engineered Floors were the big winners in FCNews ’ Award of Excellence 2022 competition, with Mohawk winning Best Overall in the over-$5 billion category and Engineered Floors taking honors in the under-$5 billion category. Engineered Floors, meanwhile, was victorious in Group A for carpet. Garden City, N.Y.—Mohawk

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Floor Covering News

JULY 5, 2022

Europe, Asia and the Middle East are the three next largest geographic areas. Europe, Asia and the Middle East are the three next largest geographic areas. Spain also produced 567 million square meters of tile increasing production 20.3% The post Tile of Spain outlines 2022 ceramic trends appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 25, 2021

FCNews research shows commercial flooring revenues (including specified business as well as Main Street sales) totaled $6.134 billion last year—a falloff of 11.1% The corporate market took the biggest hit in 2020 as its share fell from 42% of sales in 2019 to approximately 38% last year. compared to 2019. and 4.3%, respectively.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 8, 2023

In a repeat performance, Mohawk and Engineered Floors were the big winners in Floor Covering News ’ 27 th annual Award of Excellence competition , with Mohawk winning Best Overall in the over $5 billion category and Engineered Floors taking honors in the under $5 billion category. All were repeat winners.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

FCNews reveals the winners of its third annual FCNnovation Awards—an initiative designed to recognize and showcase some of the most innovative new products and technologies launched in the current year. The grout can be easily applied and cleaned afterward, resulting in a fully installed waterproof floor within a couple of hours.

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Architectural Ceramics

AUGUST 25, 2017

The strength and density of porcelain results in a higher PSI level, making it suitable for floor applications and commercial spaces. The Saadian Tombs in Marrakech, pictured above, show how glazed ceramic tile was used to cover the floors and walls. Today, the country is also known for its modern production. ″ x 9.5″

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Floor Covering News

MAY 15, 2023

B arcelona , S pain — Unilin Technologies, the IP and technology arm of Mohawk Industries, and its digital printing partner Barberán recently hosted an open house here where the two companies showcased the technical aspects of digital printing for the flooring industry, particularly for SPC and laminate.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 15, 2023

—Chilewich has appointment Melissa Villa as senior vice president of contract sales. This position marks Villa’s return to Chilewich, where she served as contract sales director for the New York area from April 2018 through January 2020.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 8, 2021

AHF Products plans to increase prices on hardwood products in the U.S. and Asia (excluding Cambodia) and 3% across domestically produced solid hardwood. “Across several of our locations, we are experiencing continued raw material cost inflation on key wood flooring components, including lumber and core materials. .

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The flooring industry has felt the pressure as shipping container shortages, not just from China but most of Asia, have caused an ongoing freight crisis and rising prices for importers and their customers. Flooring suppliers told FCNews they have seen as much as 400% increases in shipping container prices over the last six months.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 17, 2021

It will come as no surprise that resilient—mostly by the rigid core sub-segments—registered gains in 2020 while many other flooring categories did not. FCNews research showed the category generated $6.589 billion in sales in 2020 —an industry-leading 21.3% increase over 2019’s $5.433 billion.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 13, 2024

In an age where European white oak, domestic red oak and hickory reign supreme (and for good reason) it may behoove retailers and distributors to know that they have other hardwood flooring options to help them stand apart from the “me-too” pack. Our retail customers who get their hands on that product are doing great with it.”

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 26, 2023

Numerous exhibition spaces and private showrooms touted new flooring lines based around collaboration from both a design and narrative perspective. Products, programming and people are integral to NeoCon’s DNA and we think all three elements were super strong this year.” Monday] was an awesome day. billion commercial market in 2022.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 9, 2021

Sweden—Bjelin, owned by Välinge majority shareholder, Pervanovo Invest AB, began construction of what the company said is the world’s largest wood flooring factory in Ogulin, Croatia. It is slated to be used for the production of flooring featuring Woodura surface technology under license from Välinge Innovation. “I

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 29, 2021

AHF Products has announced it will increase prices on select hardwood and vinyl flooring products in the U.S. “As a result, we find it necessary to increase prices on certain products.” ” Wood product increases average: 7%-13% on engineered hardwood products produced in the U.S.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 1, 2024

Engineered Floors started 100% production of its new rigid core offering, PureGrain DLVT, at its Seretean Plant in Dalton in 2023. Rigid core flooring like SPC is traditionally an imported product. While its origin has expanded beyond China to include other areas of Asia and Europe, imports have reigned supreme for years.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 22, 2021

Due to extensive congestion in the ports, reports show product shipments may be delayed for several more weeks to come. The disruption has the potential to impact flooring retailers well into 2021 as they scramble to fill customer needs at a time of strong sales activity. imported a record $219.8 A case in point is R.C.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 26, 2023

With this new agreement Kastamonu becomes the first flooring manufacturer in Turkey to sign a license agreement for the coating technology developed by Unilin. With the adoption by Kastamonu, the Unicoat technology will now be used by some of the largest players in the industry in North America, Europe and Asia, according to Unilin.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The American Flooring Distributor lineup comprises SPC rigid core flooring and waterproof laminate. T he hyper-competitive segment like waterproof flooring —particularly SPC and waterproof laminate—has ushered in a bevy of new players looking to get in on the action. American Flooring Distributor (AFD) is one of those companies.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 4, 2020

The product is made in Dalton. Last year saw companies actively rethinking their supply chain, either convincing their Chinese partners to relocate to Southeast Asia to avoid tariffs, or by opting out of sourcing from China altogether. By Ken Ryan. Mohawk’s SolidTech is a vinyl plank hybrid featuring waterproof core construction.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 11, 2022

W hile some in the industry may remember Bella Flooring Group as a consortium of Chinese manufacturers tempered on inexpensive product and lackluster service, the newly rebranded and reinvigorated Bella has set its sights on supporting the needs of the retail community with innovative product lines, U.S. Dominie explained.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2020

There are two ways to look at the flooring industry as a whole in 2019, depending on whether ones sees the glass as half full or half empty. On one hand, sales eclipsed the $23 billion mark for the first time since 2006. FCNews’ exclusive research reveals total 2019 flooring sales topped out at $23.07 billion and 19.07

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 10, 2022

Over the past 26 years, Floor Covering News has presented the coveted Award of Excellence to the most deserving flooring manufacturers. Once again, we are asking floor covering retailers to cast their votes in the 2022 Award of Excellence competition. Which have maintained their service levels? They’re all listed.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 10, 2022

Over the past 26 years, Floor Covering News has presented the coveted Award of Excellence to the most deserving flooring manufacturers. Once again, we are asking floor covering retailers to cast their votes in the 2022 Award of Excellence competition. Which have maintained their service levels? They’re all listed.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 19, 2024

Now he will attempt to grow the company’s presence at retail with its HFlor brand, a major player globally with sales amassing over half a billion dollars annually. LX Hausys was grouped around mostly interior building materials, from windows to countertops to wall coverings to flooring. I’ve known them since 2011,” he said.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

By Reginald Tucker— With the hardwood flooring category facing so much competition from alternative (and often less-expensive) categories designed to emulate real wood, one might assume that the upper-mid-range to higher end of the hardwood flooring might suffer. The product is doing well,” Ward said.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2021

Mohawk’s Adam Ward alongside the new laminate products Pergo Elements display. By Reginald Tucker Las Vegas—Even before the current shipping woes fueled backlogs in deliveries of many rigid core products, industry observers had already begun gauging a renewed interest in the laminate flooring category—particularly homegrown products.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 21, 2021

By Reginald Tucker W hen it comes to hardwood flooring sourcing , so much of the focus has been trained on Asia—rightfully so given the manufacturing prowess and scale of the scores of suppliers in that region of the world. A prime example is Boa-Franc, maker of the Mirage brand of hardwood floors.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 29, 2021

Republic Floor has come a long way in six and a half years. Our sales that year were probably between $30 and $40 million.”. Today, Republic sells a little more than 300 SKUs, half of which is SPC at 60% of sales, with laminate about 25%-30% of sales and wood accounting for the remainder. 1; product is No.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 22, 2021

Citing rising costs in raw materials as well as container/port constraints, flooring manufac­turers have once again announced price hikes across sev­eral product categories. At press time, Shaw Industries, AHF Products and Mannington/Phenix officially disclosed plans to increase prices. per yard on carpet, $0.06

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2023

After turning in a stellar performance in 2021 with growth rates in both sales and volume landing in the high double-digits, the U.S. hardwood flooring category took a big step back in 2022. Floor Covering News research shows hardwood flooring revenues fell 9.8% Last year, hardwood flooring accounted for 14.1%

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 14, 2023

Customs and Border Patrol ready to inspect a container suspected of carrying products that used forced labor practices. Some flooring observers expect the UFLPA detentions to last for at least 30-60 days, perhaps longer. Customs,” Jeff Striegel, president of top 20 distributor Elias Wilf, told Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 5, 2022

The resurgent laminate flooring category continued on its upward trajectory in 2021 as sales reached $1.304 billion, FCNews research shows. That $1.304 billion also represents the highest level of laminate sales seen since 2006. That $1.304 billion also represents the highest level of laminate sales seen since 2006.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2021

Mohawk’s Adam Ward alongside the new laminate products Pergo Elements display. By Reginald Tucker Las Vegas—Even before the current shipping woes fueled backlogs in deliveries of many rigid core products, industry observers had already begun gauging a renewed interest in the laminate flooring category—particularly homegrown products.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 15, 2022

Inhaus sources and scans real hardwood flooring planks to create more realistic laminate visuals. By Reginald Tucker—The laminate flooring category has long been a go-to product segment for consumers seeking a durable, high-performing, visually appealing and value-based flooring alternative.

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