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Industry disrupters 2024: Internal factors, external forces upend status quo

Floor Covering News

In flooring, it can be as explosive as developing completely new product formulations that offer consumers features/benefits not previously available—we’re looking at you, WPC. Such is the case with recent events like the Israeli/Hamas War as well as the lingering conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

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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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Tarkett releases 2021 sustainability report

Floor Covering News

Twelve production sites in ten countries are sourcing 100% renewable electricity and 38% of the total energy consumption comes from renewable energies. At the end of 2021, 100% of its vinyl production sites in Europe, North America, Ukraine, Serbia, and China use phthalate-free plasticizer technology, according to the company.

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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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Supply chain: Disruptions ease, issues remain

Floor Covering News

The good news is improvement in raw material availability—in part due to a lessening of demand and greater reliance on East Coast ports—has dramatically reduced production times by as much as five months. Although product flow has significantly improved, we are definitely not out of the woods yet,” Raj Shah, president of MSI, told FCNews.

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Indusparquet responsibly carves out its niche

Floor Covering News

Visitors to Indusparquet’s booth at the 2022 Wood Floor Expo expressed great interest in Brazilian oak flooring products in particular. The plan is to expand, but the truth is that’s a commodity product and we’re not really a commodity company.”. That’s not to say there isn’t an opportunity. Nobody asked Indusparquet to do this.

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45 Modern Shipping Container Homes for Every Budget

Trendir Magazine

Using five 40′ standard containers and six 20′ containers the architect created a house that cantilevers over the site. The house had just four weeks of production phase and was delivered to be fitted with wires and piping on site. Shipping container home in Ukraine. Caterpillar House. Cute Shipping Container Home.

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