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Dalton, GA, April 23, 2024––The World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) has announced the extension of CEO Scott Humphrey’s leadership through January 2028, with the option for renewal on a yearly basis.
Washington, DC, April 24, 2024—Mortgage applications decreased 2.7% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending April 19, 2024.
Washington, DC, April 23, 2024—Sales of new single-family houses in March 2024 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 693,000, according to estimates released jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 8.8% above the revised February rate of 637,000 and 8.3 percent% above the March 2023 estimate of 640,000.
Clemson, SC, April 23, 2024-U.S. ceramic tile manufacturers, representing over 90% of all U.S. ceramic tile manufacturing are filing anti-dumping and countervailing duty petitions with the federal government seeking the imposition of substantial tariffs on imports of ceramic tile from India to remedy unfairly low-priced imports that have injured domestic manufacturers and flooded the market with uncertified porcelain tiles.
Clemson, SC, April 23, 2024-U.S. ceramic tile consumption in 2023 was 2.85 billion square feet, down 7.3% from the previous year, according to the Tile Council of North America.
Clemson, SC, April 23, 2024—The Tile Council of North America (TCNA) presented its Tile Person of the Year honor to the Schlüter family—Werner, Barbara, Udo and Marc—at Coverings 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dalton, GA, April 23, 2024—Certified Flooring Installers (CFI) announces the appointment of Rod Von Busch, vice president of operations at CDI Floors, as its new board chair.
Atlanta, GA, April 22, 2024-Coverings kicks off today in Atlanta, Georgia at the Georgia World Congress Center.
McMinnville, TN, April 22, 2024—McMinnville Manufacturing Company has ceased operations.
Atlanta, GA, April 22, 2024-Interface is focusing on direct carbon reduction and carbon storage to meet the urgency of the climate crisis.