Today's Flooring News

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Flooring America Expands Hard & Soft Surface Intro

Manchester, NH, March 4--Flooring America and Flooring Canada have expanded their hard surface selection and rolled out a major redesign of their private, top-of-the-line carpet collection.

Pergo Announces New Patent

Trelleborg, Sweden, March 04--Pergo AB and Pergo, Inc. said that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted Patent No.6,860,074 to the company.

Lees & Tricycle Partner on Thought Patterns

Chattanooga, Tenn., March 4--Thought Patterns, Lees Carpets’ latest offering to the designer community, is a collaborative effort with Tricycle, Inc. and is powered by SIM from Tricycle.

Columbia Team Installs Flooring in Habitat for Hum

Danville, VA, March 7--Columbia Flooring plant manager Kevin Goins and seven of his company team leaders left corporate concerns behind as they laid donated laminate flooring in Arlene Irby’s new home, according to Danville Register and Bee.

OMNOVA Names James Hohman President

Fairlawn, OH, March 4--OMNOVA Solutions has consolidated leadership of its Performance Chemicals businesses and appointed James J. Hohman as president, performance chemicals.

ServiceMagic Launches Online Service with Citysear

Golden CO, March 4--ServiceMagic, Inc. launched its new one-to-one matching service in partnership with Citysearch.

BASF to Up Prices on Styrene-Butadiene Latex Produ

Charlotte, NC, March 4--Effective April 1, 2005, or as contracts allow, BASF will raise prices in the United States and Canada on all carboxylated styrene-butadiene latex products supplied to the adhesives, architectural coatings, carpet, construction and

Economy Creates 262,000 Jobs in February

Washington, DC, March 4--Payrolls grew by 262,000 in February after a downwardly revised 132,000 increase in January, according to the Labor Department.

Columbia Flooring to Exhibit at Interzum

Danville, VA, March 4--Columbia Flooring signed on to be an exhibitor at Interzum 2005, the biennial European trade fair for suppliers to the kitchen and interiors industry, which will be held in Cologne, Germany.

New Handmade Metal Tile Offers an Alternative

Austin, TX, March 4--Carina Works, a metal tile and cabinet hardware design and manufacturing company, has developed handcrafted metal tiles as an alternative to the classic floor or wall treatment of ceramic tile or wood.