February 14, 2005—From Surfaces 2005, Christian Swiers, Brand Market Manager, Carpet Panels, Milliken Carpet discusses Tesserea, the company’s modular carpet offering aimed at the residential market place. Swiers talks about the product, its construction and its features and the retailer and consumer acceptance its has garnered in the past few years, as well as her expectations for the product.
February 14, 2005—In the final part of a two-part conversation recorded at Surfaces 2005, from Tarkett Residential, John Rietveldt, President, Jan Lembregts, President, Tarkett Residential, North America and Analie Roth, VP Marketing, Wood Division discuss the year 2004, dealing with increases in the costs of raw materials, the company’s global philosophy and product strategy, its growth.
February 13, 2005—In the first part of a two-part conversation recorded at Surfaces 2005, from Tarkett Residential, President John Rietveldt, Jan Lembregts, President, Tarkett Residential, North America and Analie Roth, VP Marketing, Wood Division discuss the year 2004, dealing with increases in the costs of raw materials, the company’s global philosophy and product strategy, its growth plans, its 2005 product rollouts and an evaluation of Surfaces 2005.
February 10, 2005—Nick Di Tempora, President, Mapei Americas, in a conversation recorded at Surfaces 2005, Di Tempora discusses the history of Mapei, its growth and global reach, its product philosophy and focus on R&D. Also discussed is the company’s recently opened plant in San Bernardino, California, the increasing costs of raw materials and the new products rolled out at Surfaces including Ultralite.
February 10, 2005—Lew Migliore, The Industry’s Trouble Shooter, President, LGM Technical Carpet Services discusses a number of problems related to discoloration and color loss in carpet, how these problems are processed and how it is determined if the problem was inherent or if a spill or stain had occurred.
February 9, 2005—Juan Flores, GM, The Faus Group, in a conversation recorded at Surfaces 2005, discusses the show and the company's increased presence in the show, the evolving hard surface and laminate market, the company’s growth plans within the U.S market, the launch of the company’s own brand Faus Floor, the company’s focus on technology, the new products rolled-out at Surfaces the show and the recent patent action taken against Faus by Pergo.
February 8, 2005—Frank O’Neill, Publisher, Floor Focus magazine and Dave Foster Host, Floor Radio discuss the Mohawk ColorCenter and Shaw Flooring Alliance meetings, which both took place this past week. Frank, who attended the Shaw meeting, talks about some of the comments made by Warren Buffett at the meeting as well as the new products rolled-out at each of the meetings. Also discussed: Mannington’s announced commitment to Surfaces 2006; The closure of Burlington Rug; The construction progress at Unilin’s North Carolina manufacturing facility; The management changes at Tandus; and Bane-Clene’s 43nd year.
February 7, 2005—Joachim Schafer, President, Hannover Fairs USA looks back at Domotex 2005, the attendance, the exhibitors, the mood of the show and the various events that took place during the show. Schafer discusses the American pavilions and the American exhibitors that took part in the show, ContractWorld - the element of the show aimed at architects and designers – and the expanded ceramic tile and stone exhibition.
February 6, 2005—Michelle Troop, Senior Show Director, Surfaces, Hanley Wood looks back at Surfaces 2005 discussing the attendance figures and how this year’s show compared with last year's. Troup talks about the significance of this year’s turnout in the second year after the withdrawal of Shaw and Mohawk, exhibitor participation in the show, the new features in this years show and the the various events that took place during the show, including the Town Hall Meeting.
February 3, 2005—Kim Holm, President and Ed Duncan, Senior VP Marketing, Mannington Residential discuss Surfaces 2005 and share their expectations for Surfaces 2006. Also discussed, the company’s dominant presence at the show as well as the changing retail community and the current market in the vinyl, laminate, hardwood and bamboo sectors.