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Wielsbeke, Belgium, February 6, 2018—On February 2, the German District Court of Düsseldorf decided that Ulrich Windmöller Consulting GmbH & Co. KG (UWC) may not offer or grant any licenses on the UWC patent rights, which are based on the priority applications DE 10 2006 058 655, US 13/214,175, DE-U1-20 2011 107 236.7 and EP 2011008659.2.
Arco, IT, February 5, 2018—Aquafil S.p.A. [ECNL] has signed an agreement with Invista to acquire certain tangible and intangible assets related to Invista’s nylon 6 business activity in Asia Pacific.
Tempe, AZ, February 5, 2018—The January Purchasing Managers Index registered 59.1%, a decrease of 0.2 percentage point from the seasonally adjusted December reading of 59.3%, according to the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business.
Tempe, AZ, February 5, 2018—The Non-Manufacturing Index (NMI) registered 59.9%, which is 3.9 percentage points higher than the seasonally adjusted December reading of 56%, according to the latest Non-Manufacturing ISM Report On Business.
Lancaster, PA, February 5, 2018—Armstrong Flooring is empowering its distributors with increased responsibility for marketing, merchandising and sales of its residential flooring products and is focusing resources to drive growth with national retail and commercial customers.
Plattsburgh, NY, February 5, 2018—Schluter-Systems recently received four product awards from the 2017 Tile & Stone Installation Contractor ClearReport.
Portsmouth, NH, February 5, 2018—According to recent reports from Lodging Econometrics, 1,370 projects/143,344 rooms in the U.S. construction pipeline are extended-stay projects.
Washington, DC, February 2, 2018—Builder confidence in the single-family 55+ housing market remained strong in the fourth quarter of 2017 with a reading of 71, up 12 points from the previous quarter, according to the National Association of Home Builders' (NAHB) 55+ Housing Market Index (HMI).
Washington, DC, February 2, 2018—Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 200,000 in January, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
Dalton, Georgia, USA and Sanquhar, Scotland, February 1, 2018—Shaw Industries has acquired Scotland-based carpet tile manufacturer Sanquhar Tile Services (STS).