Armstrong Flooring
Armstrong is the largest producer of hardwood and resilient flooring in the U.S. Headquartered in Lancaster Pennsylvania, the company operates 15 manufacturing facilities in the United States, China and Australia. The founder, Thomas Armstrong, built this business around the promise: "let the buyer have faith". The business was started in 1891. The flooring business is publicly traded under the symbol AFI.AHF Deal to Purchase Armstrong in Jeopardy Over Use of Armstrong Brand Name
Lancaster, PA, July 22, 2022-"A court fight over the use of the Armstrong name threatens to derail the $203 million sale of bankrupt Armstrong Flooring, throwing the future of hundreds of local jobs i...
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Armstrong Clears the Decks As Crucial Hearing Near
Lancaster, PA, Oct. 21--The strategy of Armstrong World Industries for emerging from bankruptcy protection as soon as possible seems to boil down to these four words, according to the Lancaster New Er...
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Lockhart Discusses Impact of Armstrong Sale
Lancaster, PA, February 19, 2007--These are uncertain times for Armstrong World Industries and its employees. With the company saying Thursday that it's for sale, questions immediately arise about the...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/lockhart-discusses-impact-of-armstrong-sale...
After Bankruptcy: What’s Ahead for Armstrong?
Lancaster, PA, August 16, 2006--For nearly six years, Armstrong World Industries has competed with one arm tied behind its back, bound by the bankruptcy reorganization process, according to the Lancas...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/after-bankruptcy-whats-ahead-for-armstrong
Armstrong In Dispute With Website Designer
Lancaster, PA, May 14--Armstrong World Industries Inc. is balking at paying another $2.5 million to the developer of its Web site, saying the developer's work was late, incomplete and defective, a...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/armstrong-in-dispute-with-website-designer
Armstrong Strikes Deal with EPA
Lancaster PA, October 26, 2006--Armstrong World Industries has agreed to pay part of the government’s tab for cleaning up 16 landfills nationwide that it allegedly used, according to the Lancaster New...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/armstrong-strikes-deal-with-epa
Building a Hardwood Brand - April 2008
By Brian Hamilton
It’s not easy these days for a typical hardwood flooring manufacturer to stand out in what has become a fairly crowded, although somewhat bifurcated and fragmented, mark...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/building-a-hardwood-brand--april-2008
Armstrong to Cut Retention Bonuses 60% in 2006
Lancaster County, PA, December 27, 2005--Armstrong World Industries wants to eliminate next year's annual retention bonuses for about two-thirds of the employees it’s rewarding this December, appa...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/armstrong-to-cut-retention-bonuses-60-in-20...
Armstrong Seeks To Toss Bankruptcy Plan Objections
Lancaster, PA, Oct. 29--Two-thirds are down; the other third ought to go. So says Armstrong World Industries, as it deals with objections to its bankruptcy reorganization plan, according to the Lancas...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/armstrong-seeks-to-toss-bankruptcy-plan-obj...
Armstrong Opens Direct Distribution in Northwest
Lancaster, PA, May 30, 2007--Armstrong announces the establishment of Armstrong NW LLC, its own distribution business in the Pacific Northwest. Beginning May 29, the new company will provide sal...
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Armstrong Calls for Installer Certification
Lancaster, PA, May 31, 2006--In an industry crowded with flooring options but lacking in trained installers, Armstrong Floor Products issues a call to experienced flooring installers to achieve recogn...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/armstrong-calls-for-installer-certification
Armstrong Resolving More Bankruptcy Issues
Lancaster, PA, August 27--As Armstrong World Industries waits for a new federal judge to decide whether it can emerge from bankruptcy, the company wants its plan for emerging to remain the only one th...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/armstrong-resolving-more-bankruptcy-issues
Armstrong Asks Court to Renew Incentive Programs
Lancaster, PA, August 26--Armstrong World Industries on Monday asked a U.S. Bankruptcy Court to renew two incentive-bonus programs for its top management.
The bonuses, worth a maximum of nearly $3...
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Judge Denies Plea to Halt Armstrong's Asbestos
Wilmington, DE, June 2---A bankruptcy judge here decided Friday to let Armstrong World Industries keep progressing toward its own solution to its asbestos woes, rather than wait and see if Congress cr...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/judge-denies-plea-to-halt-armstrong39s-asbe...
New Era: Ruling Leaves Armstrong Still 'Paraly
Lancaster, PA, March 2-- Armstrong World Industries, according to the Lancaster New Era, still will have to do business with one hand tied behind its back.
The newspaper reported that when a federa...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/new-era-ruling-leaves-armstrong-still-39par...
Armstrong’s Bankruptcy Still on Hold
Lancaster, PA, Mar. 15--Armstrong World Industries' drive out of bankruptcy will continue to be stuck in neutral indefinitely, a company document indicates.
The Lancaster New Era reported that...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/armstrongs-bankruptcy-still-on-hold
Creditors Want Armstrong To Hold Off On Reorganiza
Lancaster, PA, Sept. 24--Let's look before we leap. That was the point raised Monday by a group in the Armstrong World Industries bankruptcy case, in one of a dozen objections filed against Armstr...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/creditors-want-armstrong-to-hold-off-on-reo...
Armstrong’s Certified Installer Program a Benefit
Lancaster, PA, August 10--Over 5,000 installers to date have gained the benefits of Armstrong’s Certified Installer Program (A.C.I.P). Participants are tested in proper installation materials and tech...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/armstrongs-certified-installer-program-a-be...
Hardwood Flooring Report: The hardwood industry must learn to toot its own horn - Apr 2018
By Jessica Chevalier
The hardwood category has been under pressure for the past several years as wood-look flooring products made of vinyl, laminate and ceramic seek to pilfer its highly desired visu...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/hardwood-flooring-report-the-hardwood-indus...
Armstrong Battles AT&T over Phone Bill
Lancaster, PA. September 27, 2005 -- Armstrong World Industries is a $3.5 billion corporation run by highly-educated, highly-paid executives. But Armstrong has at least one thing in common with us reg...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/armstrong-battles-att-over-phone-bill
Armstrong Deals With Management Retention
Lancaster, PA, December 14--The return of an old problem at Armstrong World Industries -- the exodus of management -- has prompted the company to return to its old solution -- big cash bonuses, accord...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/armstrong-deals-with-management-retention
Armstrong Offers Employee Stock Ownership Settleme
Lancaster, PA, Oct. 17--Armstrong World Industries Inc. has agreed to pay $1.5 million to end a two-year dispute with the U.S. Department of Labor over the company's employee stock ownership plan,...
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Armstrong World Industries To Revamp Board
Lancaster, PA, Sept. 9--A change in the ownership of Armstrong World Industries when it emerges from bankruptcy will be accompanied by a change in its board of directors, according to an Armstrong fil...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/armstrong-world-industries-to-revamp-board
The Other Side of Armstrong’s Vacated Plant
Lancaster County, PA, November 18, 2005--In late October, officials enthusiastically unveiled an agreement to revitalize the vacated section of the Armstrong floor plant, according to the Lancaster Ne...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/the-other-side-of-armstrongs-vacated-plant
Armstrong in Court for Restructuring Plan
Lancaster, PA, May 24, 2006--Armstrong World Industries, in a two-year dispute over the size the payouts of its bankruptcy restructuring plan, is set to return to Philadelphia federal court today, wit...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/armstrong-in-court-for-restructuring-plan
AHF Only Non-Liquidating Buyer for Armstrong's North American Assets
Lancaster, PA, July 14, 2022-AHF Products was the only non-liquidation buyer in the final stages of the Armstrong Flooring banktruptcy sale of the North American assets. “No other company wanted...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/ahf-has-rights-to-armstrong-name
Armstrong Cuts More Jobs
Lancaster, PA, February 2, 2006--Armstrong World Industries is eliminating dozens of office jobs at its Columbia Avenue headquarters, outsourcing the work to India, employees say.
“You can expect ...
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Home sales, Anderson, Fuse, Armstrong Flooring: Strategic Exchange - Apr 2016
By Kemp Harr
In January, the American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) billing index dipped below 50 for the first time in five months, but the February number inched back up to 50.3. I had a con...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/home-sales-anderson-fuse-armstrong-flooring...
Focus on Leadership: Michel Vermette is relishing his opportunity to live the American dream - Feb 2020
Interview by Kemp Harr
Michel Vermette took the helm as president and CEO of Armstrong Flooring in September 2019. Raised in Montreal, with French-speaking parents and in French-speaking schools, Mi...
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Distributor Sea-Pac Sues Armstrong
Lancaster, PA, July 25, 2006--A former Washington state wholesaler of Armstrong World Industries flooring products is seeking $4.9 million from the company, alleging Armstrong broke its contract, acco...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/distributor-seapac-sues-armstrong