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Dalton, GA, March 27, 2017—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Recommendations of Specifications, Standards, and Ecolabels now includes The Carpet and Rug Institute’s Green Label Plus (GLP) certification program.
Orlando, FL, March 28, 2017—Tile of Spain, the international brand representing 125 ceramic tile manufacturers belonging to the Spanish Ceramic Tile Manufacturer's Association (ASCER), announces the schedule of presentations for Coverings 2017, which will take place April 4 through April 7, 2017 in Orlando, Florida.
New York, NY, March 28, 2017—The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, covering all nine U.S. census divisions, reported a 5.9% annual gain in January, up from 5.7% last month and setting a 31-month high.
Columbus, OH, March 28, 2017—Mannington Mills recently endorsed Retail Lead Management, a new lead management software for retailers.
Athens, GA, March 27, 2017—Michael Blanton, 62, founder and principal of Dalton Carpet One and DCO Commercial Floors based in Athens Georgia, died March 25.
Asheville, NC, March 27, 2017—Robbinsville, North Carolina businessman Jimmy Lee has purchased 11 lumber mills in western North Carolina and much of the lumber he processes is shipped to Asia, where it is milled into flooring and furniture, reports the Asheville Citizen-Times in an article called “In Need of Flooring and Furniture, China Turns to WNC Trees” by Tonya Maxwell.
Arlington, VA, March 27, 2017—Forty-three states added construction jobs between February 2016 and February 2017 while 39 states added construction jobs between January and February, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data.
Amasa, MI, March 27, 2017—Student-athletes competing in the 2017 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Final Four will be shooting for a championship on basketball courts manufactured by Connor Sports, the official court provider of the NCAA from wood sustainably harvested from The Nature Conservancy’s Two Hearted River Forest Reserve.
Washington, DC, March 27, 2017—The Coalition for Fair Trade of Hardwood Plywood (CFTHP) has filed "critical circumstances" petitions with the Department of Commerce to stop a recent surge of Chinese hardwood plywood imports into the U.S. in an illegal attempt to flood the market before antidumping and countervailing duty orders are imposed, reports the Hardwood, Plywood & Veneer Association (HPVA).
Viken, Sweden, March 27, 2017—On March 23, Välinge director of legal affairs Marcus Palm was handed the award Swedish In-House Legal Counsel of the year during Bolagsjuristernas Förening’s (BJF) spring meeting.