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Dalton, GA, September 20, 2023-Shaw is closing its West Coast carpet manufacturing operations, which includes both tufting in Santa Fe Springs, California and yarn manufacturing in Yuma, Arizona. These products were branded as Anderson Tuftex. The tufting operation will be moved to Northwest Georgia
Hamilton, NJ, September 20, 2023-Total construction starts rose 6% in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.3 trillion, according to Dodge Construction Network. Nonresidential starts rose 40% thanks to a large pickup in manufacturing and transportation buildings. Residential and nonbuilding starts fell 1% and 14%, respectively.
Calhoun, GA, September 20, 2023-Mohawk Industries has published its 2022 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report.
Dalton, GA, September 20, 2023-On September 20, CARE submitted a formal request to CalRecycle for an amendment to the 2023-2027 Carpet Stewardship Plan to increase the assessment levels on January 1, 2024.
Washington, DC, September 20, 2023—Mortgage applications increased 5.4% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending September 15, 2023.
New York, NY, September 20, 2023—"It isn’t just regular Americans who are having trouble buying houses these days,” reports the Wall Street Journal.
Washington, DC, September 19, 2023-Privately-owned housing starts in August were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,283,000, 11.3% below the revised July estimate of 1,447,000 and 14.8% below the August 2022 rate of 1,505,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Crossville, TN, September 19, 2023—Throughout 2023, Stonepeak Ceramics has embarked on a $10 million comprehensive program of capital investments with a focus on all aspects of the Tennessee production facility.
Dalton, GA, September 18, 2023-Shaw Industries announces a strategic partnership with the Classen Group, a hard surface flooring manufacturer based in Germany that offers PVC-free solutions for commercial and residential environments.
New York, NY, September 18, 2023—"On the eve of recessions in 1990, 2001 and 2007, many Wall Street economists proclaimed the U.S. was on the cusp of achieving a soft landing, in which interest-rate increases corralled inflation without causing a recession,” reports the Wall Street Journal.