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Charlotte, NC, October 6 -- Effective November 1, 2004, or as contracts allow, BASF will raise prices in the United States and Canada by $0.05 per dry pound on all Butonal high-solids styrene butadlene latex products supplied to the carpet, construction,
Houston, TX October 6, 2004 – Design Journal magazine recently awarded Azrock by Tarkett’s StoneGlow flooring the 2003 Gold ADEX Award in the flooring category.
Washington, DC, November 16--The producer price index for finished goods rose 1.7% in October, which the biggest increase since January 1990, according to a Labor Department report.
Johnson City, TN, November 15--Ginna Stophel has been hired as legal counsel/warranty manager at Mullican Flooring’s headquarters in Johnson City, Tenn.
Linwood, PA, November 12--Foamex said it has named Thomas M. Hudgins to the company's board of directors, effective immediately. Hudgins will also serve on the board's audit committee.
Glasgow, Scotland, November 11--Council chiefs confirmed yesterday that a "sustainable" wood supply had been chosen for a multi-million-pound refurbishment project following protests from environmental campaigners.
Plano, TX, November 10--JCPenney kicks off the holiday shopping season by celebrating 10 years of online retailing -- a decade in which it has blazed a trail for department stores on the Internet.
St. Louis, Mo, November 9--Bankrupt chemical maker Solutia Inc. said in a regulatory filing Friday that price increases, higher sales volumes and favorable currency-exchange rates drove up third-quarter net sales by 14 percent.
Linwood, PA, November 5--Foamex in the third quarter reported a net loss of $114.5 million, or $4.68 per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $11.0 million, or $0.45 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2003.
Cincinnati, OH, November 4--Federated Department Stores, reported total sales of $1.098 billion for the four weeks ended October 30, 2004, an increase in total sales of 3.8 percent compared to total sales of $1.057 billion in the same period last year.