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Dalton, GA, July 27, 2018—Ascend Performance Materials has declared force majeure on shipments of its nylon 6.6 resins, compounds and industrial fibers due to a July 10 fire at its Pensacola, Florida complex, according to Plastics News.
Calhoun, GA, July 26, 2018-Mohawk reported net earnings fell 24.5% in Q2 2018 and 12% for the first six months on a year over year basis.
Washington, DC, July 26, 2018-New orders for manufactured durable goods in June increased $2.5 billion or 1.0% to $251.9 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced.
Montreal, Quebec, July 26, 2018-Eric Demaree, president of Carpet One Floor & Home, has announced his retirement after 13 years with the organization.
Dallas, TX, July 26, 2018—Daltile recently hosted a multi-faceted meeting for its Statements Program dealer members at the Ritz-Carlton in Cancun, Mexico.
Washington, DC, July 25, 2018-Sales of new single-family houses in June 2018 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 631,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Calhoun, GA, July 24, 2018-A group of vinyl industry representatives are forming a coalition against the implementation of a 10% tariff on certain Chinese imports, including LVT and MLF/WPC, by the Office of the United States Trade Representative; Shaw, Novalis, CFL, Metroflor, the American Chemistry Council and the Vinyl Institute are early members of the group so far.
Castellón, Spain, July 25, 2018--ASCER (the Spanish Ceramic Tile Manufacturers’ Association) has announced the seventeenth edition of its Tile of Spain Awards of Architecture, Interior Design and Final Degree Project.
Bologna, IT, July 25, 2018—The highly topical theme of the architecture of tolerance will be explored in a conference to be held during this year’s Cersaie.
Mooresville, NC, July 25, 2018—Lowe’s announced that Joseph M. McFarland III has been named executive vice president, stores, effective August 15.