Karndean Names Samantha Lisi VP of Commercial Sales
Export, PA, August 1, 2023—Karndean Designflooring has welcomed a senior sales leader to head its commercial division: Samantha Lisi.
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Real American Hardwood Coalition Launches Build Your World Campaign
Washington, DC, August 1, 2023-The Real American Hardwood Coalition (RAHC), the domestic hardwood industry’s consumer promotion initiative, recently launched its new Build Your World advertising campaign to promote Real American Hardwood flooring, cabinetry, furniture, and millwork.
Shaw's Susan Farris Inducted into Women in Manufacturing Hall of Fame
Dalton, GA, August 1, 2023—Shaw Industries’ Susan Farris, executive vice president of enterprise experiences, has been inducted into the Women in Manufacturing (WiM) Hall of Fame.
HMTX Global Builds Out Team
Oud Gastel, The Netherlands, August 1, 2023-As a part of its growing global operations and product offerings, HMTX Global, a division of HMTX Industries, has announced a new structure, including several promotions, new roles and responsibilities throughout the division.
Carbon Offset Firm Expands Offering to Smaller Southern Land Owners
New York, NY, August 1, 2023-"One of the country’s largest forest-carbon firms is launching a platform to enable Southern-timberland owners to sell carbon offsets on properties as small as 40 acres, expanding a market that has mostly been limited to owners of vast wooded tracts,” reports the Wall Street Journal.
Crossville Introduces CrossValue Program
Crossville, TN, August 1, 2023—Crossville, Inc. recently announced the CrossValue Program, a curated collection of the company’s best-selling tile lines that are deeply inventoried to provide customers with readily available porcelain tile.
FCEF Approves Advanced Flooring Technologies as Training Provider
Rockwall, TX, July 31, 2023-The Floor Covering Education Foundation (FCEF) has approved Advanced Flooring Technologies (AFT) as a training provider and its new six-week course to receive scholarship funds, announced Robert Varden.
DOC Adds Antidumping Duties to Certain Plywood Imports from Vietnam
Washington, DC, July 31, 2023—The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) has issued its final determination that plywood exported from Vietnam using inputs sourced from China is, in fact, a product of China and is subject to the antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on hardwood plywood from China.
Dispute Between Shintect & Olin Leads to Decrease in PVC Production
Charlotte, NC, July 31, 2023-A dispute and pending lawsuit between Shintech and Olin Corp. has forced Shintech, a major PVC producer, to cut production at its Freeport, Texas PVC resin plant, reports Truist.
NAHB Reveals Counties with Highest Homeownership Rates
Washington, DC, July 31, 2023—While U.S. homeownership rates have been rising since 2015 and received an extra boost during the post-pandemic housing boom, they remain below the levels reached during the housing boom of the mid-2000s, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reports.