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Reshoring Initiative gains steam, more needs to be done

Floor Covering News

We call on the administration and Congress to enact policy changes to make the United States competitive again.” These include Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Italy, South Korea, Australia, Singapore, Switzerland and Belgium, Moser noted. With 5 million manufacturing jobs still offshore—as measured by our $1.2 of GDP vs. U.S.

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Exclusive: Boen and Somerset—A dynamic duo

Floor Covering News

A few months ago Bauwerk Group, a Switzerland-based manufacturer of hardwood flooring that also owns the Boen brand, purchased the prefinished side of Somerset Hardwood Flooring , the company founded by Steve Merrick in 1990 as a supplier of unfinished goods. The prototypes we saw when I was in Switzerland last week were beautiful.

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The Bauhaus and Me

Life of an Architect

Founded in Weimar in 1919, relocated to Dessau in 1925 and closed in Berlin under pressure from the National Socialists in 1933, the school of design only existed for fourteen years. In 2019, Germany will be celebrating the centenary of the founding of the Bauhaus together with partners all over the world.

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A Photographers Bag | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

As part of the ongoing series I am running, I have been showing the working contents of various design and construction related professionals.So far we have Architect Architecture Student Drywall Contractor Interior Designer and today its an architectural photographer.

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