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Saint-Georges, Quebec, September 20, 2017—Mirage has announced its Fall 2017 Rebate Sale. This hardwood flooring sale is taking place across North America at all participating Mirage dealers from October 2 to November 25.
Arlington, TN, September 20, 2017—Stauf USA adds Mark Turnbow to its organization. Turnbow has been hired by Stauf USA as sales director of its architectural and design division.
Lexington, KY, September 19, 2017—Florida Tile has named Doug Hayes as vice president of sales.
Ludwigshafen, DE, September 19, 2017—BASF and Solvay have signed an agreement related to the sale of Solvay’s integrated polyamide business to BASF.
Washington, DC, September 19, 2017-- The U.S. current-account deficit increased to $123.1 billion (preliminary) in the second quarter of 2017 from $113.5 billion (revised) in the first quarter of 2017, according to statistics released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).
Washington, DC, September 19, 2017—Privately-owned housing starts in August were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,180,000. This is 0.8% below the revised July estimate of 1,190,000, but is 1.4% above the August 2016 rate of 1,164,000, the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced.
Kaisersesch, DE, September 19, 2017—Akzenta Paneele + Profile GmbH, a subsidiary company of the Classen Group, has filed a patent infringement action against Mohawk Industries’ companies IVC US, Inc. and IVC N.V. (collectively, IVC) in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia asserting United States Patent Nos. 7,146,772, 8,544,231, 9,175,475, and 9,695,851.
Willemstad, Curaçao, September 19, 2017—Innovations4Flooring (I4F) has announced that it has filed an inter partes review (IPR) petition at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to nullify Välinge’s U.S. Patent No. 7,398,625.
Washington, DC, September 18, 2017—Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes fell three points to a level of 64 in September from a downwardly revised August reading of 67 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).
Arlington, VA, September 18, 2017—Thirty-four states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between August 2016 and August 2017, while 30 states added construction jobs between July and August amid strong demand for construction work in most parts of the country, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America Labor Department data.