November 16, 2017—Paul Cleary, CEO of Lexmark Hospitality, and Kemp Harr discuss highlights from the Boutique Design New York (BDNY), hospitality show as well as Lexmark's offering to this business. Listen to the interview to hear more about the show and about Lexmark Hospitality.
November 15, 2017—James Connelly, VP of Business Development with the Living Future Institute, and Kemp Harr discuss the Institute's certification programs and how theirs differs from other programs. Listen to the interview for more information including the firm's Declare Label.
November 14, 2017—Rochelle Routman, chief sustainability officer at Metroflor, and Kemp Harr discuss Metroflor's sustainability focus and message at this year's Greenbuild conference in Boston. Listen to the interview for more details.
November 13, 2017—Paul Murray, VP of Sustainability with Shaw Industries, and Kemp Harr discuss Shaw's classroom format at Greenbuild, the firm's long standing relationship with cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute and continued investments in energy and carbon reduction. Listen to the interview for more details.
November 10, 2017—George Bandy, VP of Sustainability for Mohawk, and Kemp Harr discuss Mohawk's sustainability message at Greenbuild in Boston. Listen to the interview to hear George talk about what the key topics that are being addressed at this conference focused on green building.
November 9, 2017—Noah Chitty, director of technical services for Crossville, and Kemp Harr discuss the benefit of having ANSI product and installation standards for Gauged Porcelain Tile. Listen to the interview for summary details of the ANSI A137.3 product standard and A108.19 installation standard. Noah also explains the shift in name from thin tile to gauged tile.
November 8, 2017—Danielle Hunsicker, general manager of Daltile's commercial tile business, and Kemp Harr discuss Daltile's message at the annual Total Solutions Plus meeting in Washington, D.C. Listen to the interview to hear Danielle talk about Daltile's launch of gauged porcelain tile, how they make it and position it in the marketplace.
November 7, 2017—Bart Bettiga, executive director with the National Tile Contractor's Association, and Kemp Harr discuss the highlights of this weeks' Total Solutions Plus meeting held in Washington, D.C. Listen to the interview to hear how the tile industry has successfully built an annual conference hosted by the manufacturers, distributors and installers and how the meeting works. Also hear more about their Why Tile initiative and ANSI standards.
October 31, 2017—Michelle Finn, SVP with Hospitality Media Group, and Kemp Harr discuss the upcoming BDNY show scheduled for November 12 and 13 and in New York. Listen to the interview to hear details of how this show has evolved to become a must see for professionals in the hospitality sector. Michelle is expecting almost 8,000 designers at this show.
October 30, 2017—Bobby Berrier, President and CEO for Signature Floors, and Kemp Harr discuss his new leadership role, Signature's market focus and the launch this week of Living Floor. Listen to the interview for more information including the development of this new carpet which was developed with the help of Georgia Institute of Technology.