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Oceanside, CA, May 22, 2025-At the 2025 CARE conference in Oceanside, California, Kasey Wakefield, long-time president and co-owner of Kruse Carpet Recycling in Indianapolis, Indiana, was named 2024 Person of the Year.
Boston, MA, May 22, 2025—Total construction starts were down 9% in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.03 trillion, according to Dodge Construction Network.
Viken, Sweden, May 22, 2025-At the Swedish Royal Patriotic Society’s annual ceremony on May 21 at the House of Knights, Darko Pervan of Välinge Innovation and the Bjelin Group was one of eight presented with business medals, honored ‘for transforming the flooring industry with a clever invention and building a world-leading company.’
Nybro, Sweden, May 22, 2025-Kährs net sales for Q1 2025 were 541 Euros, a decline of 15.9% compared to 643 Euros in Q1 2024.
Washington, DC, May 22, 2025-Despite solid income gains and lower home prices, Americans still continue to face major housing affordability challenges, according to the latest data from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Cost of Housing Index (CHI).
East Berlin, PA, May 22, 2025—A fire broke out on the roof of Pennwood Products the morning of May 21.
Plattsburgh, NY, May 22, 2025––Schluter-Systems has achieved a sustainability milestone: the release of the first product-specific Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for an uncoupling membrane in North America.
Washington, DC, May 22, 2025—In the week ending May 17, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 227,000, a decrease of 2,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 229,000, according to the Department of Labor.
Washington, DC, May 21, 2025—The AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) dropped to 43.2 in April, down from 44.1 in March. This decline reflects an accelerated decrease in billing activity.
Atlanta, GA, May 20, 2025-The Home Depot reported sales of $39.9 billion for Q1 2025, an increase of 9.4% from Q1 fiscal 2024.