Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Waregem, Belgium—United Surface Solutions and Unilin Technologies have entered into a license cooperation regarding digital printing and texturing technologies, which allows United Surface Solutions to utilize the broadest patent portfolio in the digital printing space today, according to Unilin. The advanced digital printing and texturing machines from Barberan, headquartered in Spain, and the consumables developed by the Italian company ZEETREE have led to this digital offering.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The Australian War Memorial’s $550 million development project will begin rising out of the ground, following the contract signing with the last of three main construction partners this week.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

St-Georges, Québec— Mirage , the manufacturer behind the Mirage, Vintage and Ten Oaks brands of hardwood flooring, has acquired Parquets Alexandra. The acquisition aims to eventually give Mirage customers access to an expanded and complementary range of products that will generate new sales opportunities to grow their business for the future. The main advantages of acquiring Parquets Alexandra, according to the Mirage, are for the quality of its team, its brand recognition and its finishing line

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Specialty flooring retailers are the drivers of this industry. Their success fuels every channel, from residential retail to commercial. To honor these businesses, FCNews is publishing its inaugural Retailers of the Year issue. It’s an effort to call attention to those retailers who are excelling or differentiating themselves in some aspect of their business.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The NAFCD 2022 annual convention hit record attendance numbers. Chicago—The North American Association of Floor Covering Distributors (NAFCD) and the North American Building Material Distribution Association (NBMDA) 2022 annual convention reached its highest mark in attendance since the pre-pandemic days. Thanks to the large number of industry pros onsite, show organizers said, attendees were able to make personal connections through tabletop meetings and face-to-face networking functions. ̶

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Bel Air, Md.—Moving west, Spartan Surfaces has added representation in Nevada by hiring two representatives with long-standing industry experience, Carol Allworth and Ed Allworth, effective November 15. Carol Allworth founded Carol Norby & Associates in 1995. A respected entrepreneur, Carol is known as an expert in the resilient flooring landscape.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Washington, D.C.— Elevated interest rates , stubbornly high building material costs and declining affordability conditions that are pushing more buyers to the sidelines continue to drag down builder confidence. Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes posted its 11 th straight monthly decline in November, dropping five points to 33, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).

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