Floor Focus’ Frank O’Neill on The Industry Events of the Week
March 7, 2006—Frank O’Neill, Publisher, Floor Focus’ discusses; Berkshire Hathaway’s and Shaw's 2005 earnings; Shaw’s move to convert a shuttered yarn plant in Tennessee into a hardwood flooring plant; A comparison of Home Depot’s and Lowe’s 4th quarter and year-end results; The expansion of Mohawk’s carpet tile capacity and the company’s acquisition of a Propex carpet backing plant; Sun Capital acquisition of LINQ fabrics; And the acquisition of Florida Tile by Italian producer Panaria.
Related Topics:Shaw Industries Group, Inc., Mohawk Industries