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Armstrong Commercial Launching New Sheet Vinyls

Lancaster, PA, March 3, 2006--Armstrong announced that it has revitalized four of its top-selling and durable homogeneous and inlaid sheet vinyl lines--Medintech, Medintech Tandem, Possibilities Petit Point and Connection Corolon--and introduces an entire

NAM: Union Health Plans Deter Positive Reform

Washington, DC, March 3, 2006--In response to the escalating AFL-CIO state-based campaign to mandate health insurance coverage, The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) today warned that such “back-door policies” only create more dilemmas in an alr

Tennant Names New CFO

Minneapolis, MN, March 3, 2006--Tennant Co., announced that Thomas Paulson (49) will join the company as vice president and chief financial officer on March 27, 2006.

EPA: Companies Agree to Restrict PFOA Use

New York, NY, March 3, 2006--Environmental regulators said they received full compliance from eight companies asked to eliminate releases of a potentially hazardous compound used in nonstick cookware.

Planned Layoffs Down 15.5% in February

Chicago, IL, March 2, 2006--Planned layoffs fell by 15.5 percent in February to their lowest level in four months with reduced job cuts in telecommunications, consumer products manufacturing and industrial goods, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas