October 21, 2003—Frank O’Neill, Publisher, Floor Focus Magazine and Dave Foster, FloorRadio Host discuss: Mohawk’s 3rd quarter earnings; the restructuring of Honeywell Nylon Chesterfield manufacturing operation; The Town Hall Meeting Planned For Surfaces; Brintons’ industry changing loom; Columbia Flooring’s acquisition of Century Flooring and; Chas Sydney’s new assignment at AMC.
October 20, 2003—Chris Davis, CEO, World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) and Chairman, Floor Covering Industry Foundation discusses the CCA Global/FCIF Charity Golf Tournament, the work and the goals of the WFCA including the formation of a captive association insurance company.
October 19, 2003—Excerpts from Mohawk Industries' 3rd quarter conference call featuring opening remarks by Mohawk's President & CEO Jeff Lorberbaum as well as the question and answer session featuring answers from Lorberbaum and Mohawk CFO John Swift.
October 19, 2003—John Swift, Mohawk CFO, presenting the company’s financial report from the company’s 3rd quarter conference call.
October 16, 2003—Mike Norton, President, Norton Performance Consulting and Technical Advisor, the AFPF Alliance for Flexible Polyurethane Foam discusses the recently published Guidelines for Installation of Commercial Carpet and Commercial Bonded Polyurethane Carpet Cushion, which is first time guidelines have been developed specifically for the double-glue method of installation. Norton also discusses some of the attributes of polyurethane foam.
October 15, 2003—Dan Lewis, President & CEO, Laser Products discusses laser technology and the time and efforts saving products that are available to retailers, installers, measure people and others who measure rooms and assess floor conditions, as well as cut carpet and match patterns.
October 14, 2003—Frank O’Neill, Publisher, Floor Focus Magazine and FloorRadio Host Dave Foster discuss: Invista's launch of a Stainmaster line of resilient flooring and its affects on the consumer, the Stainmaster brand and the rest of the resilient sector; the revamping of Home Depot web site and the upcoming Focus Retail 100 list.
October 13, 2003—Mike Barker, Investment & Retirement Management looks at current market and its performance over the past few weeks and discusses why caution maybe a necessary factor for the near term. Barker also looks at the upcoming earnings season and offers some tips that may prove helpful in evaluating the abundance of earnings reports to be issued in the next few weeks. Also discussed things to prepare for before year-end.
October 9, 2003—Kurland, CEO, Big Tree Bamboo and Jon Dougal Sustainable Design Associates, upon their returned from China and a tour of bamboo forests, discuss bamboo, the process of converting it to flooring and the work BigTree Bamboo has done towards establishing quality standards for product exported to the U.S. and the creation of a distribution network serving U.S. companies.
October 8, 2003—Frank O’Neill, Publisher, Floor Focus Magazine and Dave Foster, Host, FloorRadio discuss:the affects of Chinese exports on the floor covering industry; Surfaces the trade show; the continued expansion of Wal-Mart; Formica’s move to Cincinnati; Flooring America’s expansion to all 50 states and; the upcoming CRI annual conference.