Floor Covering News

MAY 4, 2022

With the global supply chain continuing to experience disruptions as a result of the lingering impact of the COVID-19 pandemic—further exacerbated by the war in Ukraine—the spotlight is shining once again on the benefits of U.S. We give every advantage possible to suppliers who can provide us with USA-made products. manufacturing.

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Ceramics of Italy

JULY 26, 2023

One of the highlights of the document is without question the significant increase in revenue as a result of a strategy focusing on high value-added products and sustainable innovation. This is a major achievement, but one that also entails a significant increase in production costs.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 23, 2022

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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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 30, 2023

Over the past decade, the 48-year-old company got into the SPC game in a huge way, becoming the second-largest supplier of that product in the U.S. The company continues to grow through innovation, a diverse product assortment and holding true to its core tenet: “Making Dream Surfaces Attainable.” We’ve added new product lines.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 6, 2022

And let’s not talk about the broader global impact that the war in Ukraine has had on many different industries and countries. While ITR Economics attests to the fact that first quarter gross domestic production (GDP) was down 0.36% from the fourth quarter of ’21, the firm believes there were mitigating circumstances.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

S upplies of traditional Baltic birch cores have become increasingly scarce due to the war in Ukraine. headquarters in Miami, the company has announced the launch of its new RIVA Core, a 3-ply engineered product that boasts a durable, dense exotic teak intermediate layer sandwiched between a European white oak and a pine bottom/backing layer.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 13, 2022

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 the only place we pull product from—managed forests.”.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 9, 2023

For many months it became an acceptable way of life as all parties involved understood the predicament were we in and the complex, international dynamics of importing product. The situation has been further complicated by the war in Ukraine, which is now in its 11 th month. The new normal.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 8, 2022

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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Floor Covering News

JUNE 23, 2022

The Federal Reserve notes that inflation remains elevated, citing the Ukraine war and global supply-chain issues, among other factors. A smaller balance sheet will not increase the production of appliances and materials. Chair Powell noted in his press conference that housing market conditions are slowing given higher mortgage rates.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 26, 2023

The war in Ukraine that created a global energy crisis. The Russian invasion of Ukraine led many countries to end dependence on Russian gas completely. Speaking of which, no product was victimized by inflation more than ceramic tile, which was up 14% in dollars but down 1% in volume. Generationally high inflation. in 2020.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

While other popular materials—like luxury vinyl—are struggling to maintain price points amid a sea of commodity-driven products entering the market, ceramic tile is known to hold its price and market value through thick and thin. The good news is that many of the products that our brands sell are produced in North America.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 13, 2022

D espite all the challenges facing the commercial contract market today—the residual effects of the pandemic, sky-high inflation, ongoing supply chain challenges and the war in Ukraine—key end-use sectors for commercial flooring are showing signs of recovery, stimulating hope that market conditions will improve in the second half of 2022.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 22, 2022

High single-digit to double-digit growth is possible for the first half of 2022,” said Adam Ward, vice president of product management, resilient, Mohawk. “I Jennifer Zimmerman, chief commercial officer, AHF Products, for example, noted that the category is up in 2022 and remains strong, with the housing market a key factor in that growth.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 3, 2022

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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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 24, 2022

Ask Patrick Hardy, president and CEO of Bauwerk Group, what made Somerset Hardwood Flooring an attractive purchase and he will tell you three things: the brand, the management and the fact Somerset makes a quality product. I’ve always worked for consumer brands but also production brands. We don’t have any more production capacity.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 29, 2022

Case in point is AHF Products , which has dramatically increased its presence at the NWFA convention since its spinoff from Armstrong Flooring several years ago. Russian birch is commonly used as the core material in many engineered hardwood flooring products. So, we’re starting to see that come back.”.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 29, 2023

Due to the large increases in freight rates and the Ukraine crisis, which affected raw material and natural gas costs, we saw large increases in the overall cost of ceramic tile,” Raj Shah, president of MSI, told Floor Covering News. “As

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Floor Covering News

MAY 3, 2023

Despite ongoing and persistent pressures from competing, look-alike products, softness in key end-use market segments and overall pricing pressures, the hardwood flooring sector continues to demonstrate why it has maintained its staying power despite real challenges. Pictured is Dreamville oak.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 1, 2022

We were working around the clock in 2021 to bring down costs and maximize productivity to minimize the burden on our customers.”. Rigid core and vinyl-based products took share as end users looked to lower costs and speed installations,” Emser’s Weaver said. The Russia/Ukraine war has put significant cost pressures on ceramic tile.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Brian Carson CEO, AHF Products The flooring industry in the first half of the 2024 is going to be down year on year, with commercial doing better than residential. Yarn systems will grow by 10x over piece-dyed production models. In soft surface, we’re introducing [product] in the meat of the poly­ester market—30- to 70-ounce.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Policymakers need to focus on alleviating production bottlenecks, particularly as it relates to lumber and other building materials.”. Higher mortgage rates will slow home buying demand over the course of 2022 and the Russia-Ukraine crisis will add short-term volatility to the bond market.”.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 12, 2022

AHF Products. In the first quarter of 2022, there was no war in Ukraine and no higher gas and energy prices. Moving forward, it is important to continue investing in product development, staying close to evolving home trends and providing meaningful innovation, differentiation and value for the consumer. Brian Carson.

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Trendir Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

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. This incredibly cute house is located in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Tiny Home – Container House. Containers of Hope by Benjamin Garcia Saxe Architecture. Cute Shipping Container Home.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 18, 2024

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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