New Zealand Firm Finding New Ways To Enhance Wool
Lincoln, New Zealand, Aug. 25--We might have been farming them for thousands of years but as far as Garth Carnaby is concerned sheep are a high-tech product of the future.
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Truck Crashes Into New Mexico Flooring Store
Silver City, NM, Aug. 22--Business owners Michelle and Lee Pierce were stunned Wednesday morning when a pickup truck crashed through the floor-to-ceiling window in the front of their store
Mohawk Faces Wrongful Death Suit
Calhoun, GA, Aug. 22--Mohawk Industries Inc. has been sued by the parents of a Chatsworth police officer who died in a security gate accident at the company's facility on Duvall Road in Chatsworth, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
Home Depot Board Raises Annual Dividend
Atlanta, GA, Aug. 21--Home Depot raised its quarterly dividend 17% and said its board authorized an increase in the company's buyback program.
East China City To Host Ceramic Fair
Zibo, China, Aug. 21--China Federation of Industry Economics, China Ceramic Industrial Association and Zibo municipal government has announced to jointly host 2003 China International Ceramic Fair
UK’s Carpet International In Receivership
Bradford, UK, Aug. 21--Carpet International, the UK’s largest carpet manufacturer which has 1,200 employees – has gone into administrative receivership.
Judge Wary Of Pillowtex's Liquidation Plan
Wilmington, DE, Aug. 21--Calling Pillowtex Corp.'s liquidation plan "very, very unusual," a federal bankruptcy judge on Wednesday indicated he would encourage rival bids for what's left of the Kannapolis-NC based towel maker
Buyers Adding Amenities To New Homes
Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 20--Orleans Homebuilders came a little late to the design-center concept, but so far the idea has paid off.
Mohawk Moves Distribution Center To Hanover, VA
Hanover, VA, Aug. 20--The tan and gray building with burgundy trim is a blur to thousands of I-95 travelers. Mohawk Industries, though, is big business in Hanover, as reported in the Hanover Herald Progress.
NC Textile Town Seeks New Businesses
Kannapolis, NC, Aug. 20--For nearly a century, Pillowtex's Plant No. 1 has dominated the heart of this mill village's downtown.