January Housing Starts Fall
Washington, DC, Feb. 18--Home construction took its first fall in five months in January, making a larger-than-expected drop that was accompanied by a decrease in building permits.
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AstroTurf Maker Files Bankruptcy
Leander, TX, Feb. 17--AstroTurf-maker Southwest Recreational Industries Inc., which installed an artificial playing surface at the Louisiana Superdome, has filed for bankruptcy protection and is going out of business.
Housing Market Index Off in February
Washington, DC, Feb. 17--Unusually bad winter weather across much of the country was at least partly to blame for a four-point decline in the National Association of Home Builders’ Housing Market Index (HMI) for February, released today.
Invista, TacFast & Beaulieu Canada Launch “New Sof
Atlanta, Feb, 17--A new soft surface flooring category was unveiled today by Invista, TacFast Systems International and Beaulieu Canada.
Tricycle & Cobble Form Partnership
Chattanooga, TN, Feb. 16--Tricycle, Inc., a leader in surface simulation and design technology, announces a cooperating partnership with Cobble USA and Cobble Blackburn (UK).
Report: DuPont To Remain Textile Player Despite In
Wilmslow, UK, Feb. 16--Manufacturing giant DuPont will remain a key player in technical textiles despite the sale of its Invista fibers business.
Lawmakers Divert Funds for CARE Project, Among Oth
Washington, DC, Feb. 17--Researchers and companies working to prevent future power blackouts are seeing their federal funding slip away to lawmakers' home-district projects, including research on ceramic engines and burning recycled carpets as fuel.
Industrial Production Climbs
Washington, Feb. 17--Industrial production climbed faster than expected in January as auto makers once again revved up assembly lines.
Pakistan Carpet Export Update
Lahore, Pakistan, Feb. 16--Pakistan exports hand-knotted carpets worth US$131.78 million during the first seven months of the current fiscal year against exports of US $122.898 million during the corresponding period of the previous year.
Hacker Industries Introduces True Screed Underlaym
Newport Beach, CA, Feb. 16--A cutting-edge new self-leveling Portland cement-based underlayment that offers high compressive strengths and superior bonding characteristics is now available from Hacker Industries.