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CRI's VPS Program Extended Through 2020

CRI's VPS Program Extended Through 2020

Dalton, GA, June 10, 2019—The Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) is extending its Voluntary Product Stewardship (VPS) program for post-consumer carpet through the year 2020.

Jane Rohde Named Technical Consultant for RFCI

Jane Rohde Named Technical Consultant for RFCI

LaGrange, GA, June 10, 2019—The Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI) is pleased to announce that Jane Rohde, AIA, ASID, FIIDA, founder and principal of JSR Associates, a Maryland-based architectural and design consultancy, is expanding her practice to include technical consulting for RFCI, replacing Bill Freeman who recently announced his retirement from RFCI at the end of 2019.

Unemployment Held Steady at 3.6% in May

Unemployment Held Steady at 3.6% in May

Washington, DC, June 7, 2019-Total nonfarm payroll employment edged up in May (+75,000), and the unemployment rate remained at 3.6%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.

China Circumventing Plywood Antidumping Duties, Says DOC

China Circumventing Plywood Antidumping Duties, Says DOC

Washington, DC, June 7, 2019- The U.S. Department of Commerce made an affirmative determination that China is circumventing antidumping and countervailing duty plywood orders by using face or back veneers of radiata or agathis pine with a TSCA VI label and made with interior resin systems, reports the Decorative Hardwoods Association.