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Nipigon, Ontario, January 9, 2007--The management of Columbia Forest Products' Multiply Underlayment Business said today that it has purchased the fixed assets of the units Nipigon, Ontario operation and Multiply trademark from Columbia Forest Product
Minneapolis, MN, January 8, 2007--iFloor.com, the nation's largest online flooring retailer is planning to open a bricks and mortar location in the Minneapolis metro area.
Clarion, PA, January 8, 2007--Construction on a new state-of-the-art laminate flooring plant in Paint Township, a plant that will be home of a joint venture of Tarkett and ATC, a Chilean wood panel company, is making serious headway as the harsh weather h
Dalton, GA, January 8, 2007--A fire at Columbia Recycling’s facility early Saturday morning killed one and injured two.
Kaisersesch, Germany January 5, 2007--The Classen Group and the Unilin Group have reached an agreement to settle all patent disputes between the two companies in the field of the glueless locking technology for flooring panels.
Washington, DC, January 4, 2007--The National Association of Realtors reported that it’s pending home sales index dipped 0.5% in November, to 107.0 November from 107.5 in October. It was the third straight decline.
New York, NY, January 4, 2007--The nation’s retailers disclosed mixed same-store-sales growth in December, with lackluster results being reported by Wal-Mart. The Thomson Financial Same Store Sales Index estimate was a 3% gain in overall same-store sales
New York, NY, January 3, 2007--According to the 2007 Global Real Estate Forecast from real estate company Grubb & Ellis Co, a healthy economy will fuel growth in the U.S. office market in 2007.
Atlanta, GA, January 3, 2007--Home Depot's board of directors and Bob Nardelli said today that they have mutually agreed that Nardelli would leave his position as Home Depot's chairman, president & CEO and as a director effective January 2, 2007.
Trelleborg, Sweden, January 2, 2007--Pergo AB, said it has successfully settled the arbitration case initiated by the bankrupt estate of Witex AG against Pergo Holding BV in June 2004.