Green Standard Names Firth VP of Technology
Chapel Hill, NC, May 30, 2008--The Green Standard has named Paul Firth, former manager of sustainable strategies at Interface Inc., as vice president of technology.
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NOFMA Mill Tour Draws 28 Industry Professionals
Wilsonville, OR, May 30, 2008--Twenty-eight wood flooring industry professionals representing 15 flooring producer and machinery companies took part in the first annual NOFMA Mill Tour May 18 - 20.
Mohawk Preparing To Close Georgia Fiber Plant
Dahlonega, GA, May 30, 2008--Mohawk Industries' 50-year-old Pine Tree Plant is winding down its operations.
Former HD Employee To Plead Guilty in Scheme
Atlanta, GA, May 30, 2008--A former Home Depot manager plans to plead guilty to charges in an international scheme to make money by connecting foreign flooring suppliers with buyers, according to a story in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper.
Carpet Recycling in UK Gets Push from Industry
London, England, May 30, 2008--Recyclers of carpets, retailers of carpets and makers of carpets from all over the United Kingdom have joined to raise the rates of recycling for carpets.
Help-Wanted Index Flat in April
Washington, DC, May 30, 2008--The Conference Board's Help-Wanted Advertising Index was unchanged in April.
Bill Gates Enters The Carpet Business in UK
London, England, May 29, 2008--Microsoft founder Bill Gates is in the flooring business. His Cascade Investment has taken a 3 percent stake in Britain's Carpetright, which has been hard hit by the soft housing market there.
GDP Revised Higher, Commercial Construction Bright
Washington, DC, May 29, 2008--The economy grew at a slow 0.9 percent pace in the first quarter, better than initially expected.
Mancini Takes WFCA Board Helm in July
Anaheim, CA, May 28, 2008--Brooks T. Mancini becomes chairman of the board of the World Floor Covering Association on July 1.
Initial Jobless Claims Rise by 4,000
Washington, DC, May 29, 2008--Initial jobless claims for state benefits rose 4,000 last week as the number of continuing claims stayed at a level not seen in four years, the Labor Department reported Thursday.