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Florham Park, NJ, July 20, 2018—Effective August 1, 2018, or as contracts allow, BASF will increase prices for polyamide 6 (PA6) polymer by $0.05 per pound and co-polymer (PA6,66) by $0.10 per pound in North America.
Atlanta, GA, July 20, 2018—Interface announces its 2017 EcoMetrics, demonstrating significant progress toward Mission Zero, which challenges the company to eliminate any negative impact it has on the environment by 2020.
New York, NY, July 20, 2018—Only 10% of American’s one-million wealthy households use the services of an interior designer, and social media advertising is not helping interior designers attract enough new clients, so says an article in Forbes entitled “Social Media Marketing is Failing Too Many Interior Designers” by Pamela N. Danziger.
New York, NY, July 20, 2018—Many Millennials who have purchased homes experience regret about the decision, according to a CNBC article called “Almost 70% of Millennials Regret Buying Their Homes. Here’s Why” by Megan Leonhardt.
Salem, NJ, July 19, 2018—A group of Mannington's Madison and Calhoun, Georgia-based associates and their families recently competed in the third Annual West Point Lake Dragon Boat Race to benefit the LaGrange, Georgia, Harmony House Domestic Violence Shelter.
Lancaster, PA July 20, 2018—Armstrong Flooring is pleased to announce its 2017 Elite Retailers of the Year: Gold—Dalton Wholesale Floors; Silver—Airbase Carpet & Tile Mart; and Bronze—Flooring America—Fairfax, as well as honorable mentions for Mercer Carpet One Floor & Home and Carpets Unlimited.
Bethany, CT, July 20, 2018—To celebrate the 15-year anniversary of the Spectralock grout product line, Laticrete is launching a six-month prize promotion for its U.S. and Canadian customers (excluding Quebec).
Hammond, LA, July 20, 2018—RollMaster Flooring Business Management Software has partnered with Premier Tile Corporation.
Washington, DC, July 19, 2018—The American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Architecture Billings Index (ABI) score for June was 51.3 compared to 52.8 in May, which is positive since any score over 50 represents billings growth.
Wielsbeke, Belgium, July 19, 2018 – Beaulieu Yarns, the global supplier of synthetic polyamide and polypropylene yarns, is the recipient of the Green Product Award 2018 Material category for its EqoBalance family of “biomass-balance” yarns.