Columbia Flooring to Return to Surfaces in 2005

Danville, VA, June 28--Columbia Flooring today announced the company will be exhibiting at Surfaces 2005, after opting out of the flooring industry tradeshow in 2004 in favor of a large distributor event held in Cancun, Mexico. "Our distributor conference was an outstanding success, and we plan to host another in late 2004 or 2005," Columbia Flooring President David Wootton said. "After a great deal of deliberation, we've decided to make Surfaces a part of our overall marketing program again." Wootton added that, "Whilst we have had no pressure from our customers to return to Surfaces, we believe the rapid growth of our company-evidenced by four acquisitions in the past nine months and the increased market awareness of the Columbia brand-warrants this additional commitment to the retail trade."