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Mullican Flooring requests contributions to NWFA scholarship

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“Don was extremely passionate about hardwood flooring and teaching other people in the industry,” said Neil Poland, president of Mullican Flooring. “He He was a great mentor who taught many people how to install, sell and quote hardwood flooring products. He was the backbone of the NWFA. I’m proud to have had him as a lifelong friend.

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Hymmen receives patent grants

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Both the European patent (EP3666525) and Chinese patent (CN112188936) cover aspects of Hymmen’s DLE Plus as well as competing digital embossing technologies that enhance embossed-in-register optics on decorative flooring and wall panels, in any material. Digital Printing lines at CFL USA and HMTX are soon to follow.

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The Industry Disrupters of 2020

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FCNews ’ third annual “Industry Disrupters” issue features innovative players and thinkers who are pushing the envelope in terms of product innovations, technological breakthroughs or simply radical new ways of doing business. Domestic Production. Below are this year’s Industry Disruptors. The mother of all disruptors .

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i4F names Julie Pageot commercial director, Europe

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Pageot worked in close cooperation with local teams to build Kingfisher’s leadership positions in flooring solutions and home decoration. From 2013 until 2016, Pageot worked at Castorama in Poland as category director and, previous to that, spent 10 years at Leroy Merlin as product and segment leader.

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Classen: In a manufacturing ‘class’ all by itself

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At present, the majority of Classen’s products are shipped to the U.S., especially the laminate products, but it also services many European countries as well. “We We are very interested in selling to potential clients who currently produce LVT or vinyl products,” he added. “We Why the private-label route?

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Hardwood: State of the Industry 2022

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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. We don’t have that issue.