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Lancaster, PA, August 10--Over 5,000 installers to date have gained the benefits of Armstrong’s Certified Installer Program (A.C.I.P). Participants are tested in proper installation materials and techniques.
Coppell, TX, August 10—-According to reports, a security guard was kidnapped from her job at Mohawk Industries while a man stole a trailer full of carpet from the facility.
Dalton, GA, August 10--Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) has issued a request for proposals to seek a consultant to identify sources of public and private funding and financing and obtain monies for innovative carpet reuse and recycling activities co
Detroit, MI, August 10--Plastech Engineered Products Inc. has made a $1 billion bid to buy rival auto-parts supplier Collins & Aikman Corp., which filed for bankruptcy in May.
Kathmandu, Nepal, August 10--The announcement of delisting of the carpet industries from the category of cottage industry by the Nepali government will be harmful to the sector, according to a trade association.
Washington, DC, August 10--Six out of 10 U.S. homeowners say they would consider integrating sustainable design practices into a future home improvement project, provided those enhancements were cost-competitive.
Golden, CO, August 10—-ServiceMagic completed its acquisition of the stock of ImproveNet, Inc., a leading online home services marketplace.
Atlanta, GA, August 10--A U.S. Navy man providing support to U.S. troops in the Iraq war has won the Great Stainmaster Carpet Sweepstakes and has been awarded the grand prize of new, fashionable carpet and related products and services valued at up to $5,
Washington, DC, August 10--The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has filed an application with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to become an ANSI accredited national standards developer.
Washington, DC, August 10--Inbound container traffic is up at the nation’s major ports, but congestion that plagued the docks last year does not appear to have returned, according to the National Retail Federation’s new monthly Port Tracker report.