HomerWood

HomerWood Workshops Focus on Sales Skills

Titusville, PA, May 20, 2013 -- HomerWood, a hardwood brand owned by Armstrong, has launched a series of workshops created to enhance the skill set of sales teams.Focusing on consultative selling and ...
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HomerWood Launches HomerWood University Sales Education Program

Titusville, PA, January 7, 2016—HomerWood Premium Hardwood has launched HomerWood University with a curriculum that focuses on teaching retailers to sell premium products in the new economy. ...
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Armstrong's Homerwood Plant Gets FSC Certification

Lancaster, PA, Jan. 19--Armstrong's HomerWood Hardwood Flooring manufacturing plant in Titusville, Pa. has received Forest Stewardship Council Chain of Custody certification. FSC provides third-party ...
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HomerWood Partners with Beasley Flooring Products

Titusville, PA, July 17, 2018-HomerWood announced the addition of Beasley Flooring Products as a distributor of its solid and engineered hardwood floors, effective immediately, to support its customer...
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AHF to Focus HomerWood Brand on Sawn Face Products

Mountville, PA, August 20, 2019-AHF Products is restructuring the HomerWood brand to focus fully on its popular, sawn face Simplicity line and will be offering its custom signature hardwood flooring e...
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HomerWood Names Goodfellow Distributor of Year

Titusville, PA, March 6 -- HomerWood Premium Hardwood Flooring recently named Goodfellow as its Distributor of the Year for 2012.Goodfellow is a wholesaler and distributor of hardwood flooring and woo...
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HomerWood Signs Distributor B.R. Funsten

Titusville, PA, June 7, 2012 -- HomerWood has signed distributor B.R. Funsten & Company to handle its customers in the California, Arizona and Nevada markets.B.R. Funsten will distribute HomerWood...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/homerwood-signs-distributor-br-funsten

HomerWood Wins Three Design Awards

Titusville, PA, May 12, 2011 -- HomerWood Premium Hardwood Flooring won three ADEX (Award for Design Excellence) awards.Competing from more than 2,000 entries, HomerWood received ADEX Silver for Herri...
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HomerWood Gets Two ADEX Awards

Titusville, PA, May 3, 2012 -- HomerWood  Premium Hardwood Flooring has won two ADEX (Award for Design Excellence) awards.HomerWood received ADEX Gold for its superior Oil Naturals Finish and Pla...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/homerwood-gets-two-adex-awards

HomerWood To Display at Surfaces

Titusville, PA, Sept. 7, 2011 -- Armstrong's HomerWood Premium Hardwood brand said it will participate in the Surfaces trade show next year.“Surfaces is a great stage for us to launch new produc...
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Distribution Evolution - April 2006

By FRANK O'NEILL, Publisher If you haven’t read Santo Torcivia’s article, “Floor Wars: Home Centers vs Flooring Specialist” on page 19, go read it right now, then come ...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/distribution-evolution--april-2006

HomerWood Signs CDC Distributors

Titusville, PA, Oct. 7, 2013 -- Armstrong's HomerWood brand has signed a distribution agreement with CDC Distributors covering all HomerWood hardwood product lines for Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.Headq...
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Intermountain To Distribute HomerWood

Titusville, PA, Aug. 15, 2013 -- HomerWood said that Intermountain Wood will be the brand’s distributor in Montana and Washington, providing sales and distribution functions to retailers and bui...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/intermountain-to-distribute-homerwood

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

HomerWood Signs Distributor Johnson Wholesale

Titusville, PA, Sept. 28, 2012 --  – Armstrong's HomerWood division has signed a distribution agreement with Johnson Wholesale Floors to serve dealers in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Mis...
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Homerwood Cited in ABC's 'Made in America'

Titusville, PA, March 14, 2011 --  Armstrong subsidiary Homerwood Premium Hardwood Flooring was cited by ABC World News Tonight on its website as a resource for consumers looking for American-mad...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/homerwood-cited-in-abcs-made-in-america

Belknap White To Distribute HomerWood Products

Titusville, PA, Feb. 12, 2013 --HomerWood has signed the Belknap White Group to distribute its solid and engineered products in New England and upstate New York.The Belknap White Group's family of com...
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Homerwood Expands Northwest Distribution

Titusville, PA, Feb. 21, 2011 -- Armstrong subsidiary HomerWood Premium Hardwood Flooring said it has expanded its relationship with Cascade Pacific Flooring Distributors Inc.Cascade will provide sale...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/homerwood-expands-northwest-distribution

Surfaces 2019 Review: Trends and highlights from the 30th annual national flooring expo - Mar 2019

By Darius Helm, Beth Miller and Anne Harr   At this year’s Surfaces show, held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada from January 23 to 25, technical innovations and...
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TISE 2020 Review: Innovations in design and construction drew large crowds at this year’s national flooring expo - March 2020

By Darius Helm, Jessica Chevalier and Anne Harr Traffic was strong and the energy was high at The International Surface Event-comprising Surfaces, TileExpo and StonExpo/Marmomac-which was held from ...
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NWFA Expo Review: the industry focuses on wood's inherent advantages - Jun 19

By Beth Miller An all-star panel of hardwood flooring experts kicked off the opening session of the 2019 National Wood Flooring Association’s Wood Flooring Expo, held May 1 to 3 in Fort Worth,...
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Floor Focus’ Frank O’Neill on Propex & Armstrong’s and Shaw’s Wood Moves

March 21, 2006—Frank O’Neill, Publisher, Floor Focus’ discusses: The naming of Joe Dana as been President & CEO, Propex Fabrics, replacing Ed Stanczak; Armstrong’s two hardwood acquisitions Cap...
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Distributors Gilford Flooring & Johnson Wholesale Floors Merge

Jeffersonville, IN and Atlanta, GA, January 11, 2016—Gilford Flooring, LLC and Johnson Wholesale Floors, Inc. have announced their merger resulting in the creation of Gilford-Johnson Flooring. ...
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Best Practices - January 2012

By Brian Hamilton   Highland Hardwoods of Brentwood, New Hampshire is kind of a throwback business in that it focuses on one thing—wood, primarily hardwood—and its goal is to be t...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/best-practices--january-2012

Newly Formed AHF to Exhibit Hardwood Portfolio at Surfaces

Lancaster, PA, January 17, 2019-AHF Products debuts as an independent company at the International Surfaces Event (TISE) in Las Vegas, Booth #2009.  The company holds a portfolio of wood floorin...
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Klingele Retires from Tarkett's Diamond W; Walker Appointed

Solon, OH, October 10, 2019-After 18 years of service to the company and nearly 50 years in the flooring industry, Mike Klingele will retire from his role as president, Diamond W, effective December 3...
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Made in the USA: Hard Surface—U.S.-based hard surface flooring production is growing amid tariff and supply chain challenges - Aug/Sept 2021

By Jessica Chevalier Domestic manufacturing has long appealed to the patriotism of the American consumer, but not necessarily the pocketbook. While the flooring industry has its roots in U.S. soil wi...
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Focus Annual Report - May 2007

Introduction by Frank O'Neill, Statistics by Market Insights/Torcivia After record sales in 2005, the floorcovering manufacturing sector slipped a bit last year as the bottom fell out of the bu...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/focus-annual-report--may-2007

AHF Launches Robbins Brand to NFA & Specialty Retail

Mountville, PA, February 7, 2020-AHF Products is launching the Robbins brand of fine hardwood flooring exclusively to National Flooring Alliance (NFA) members and specialty retailers to help different...
http://www.floordaily.net/floorfocus/ahf-launches-robbins-brand-to-nfa-specialty...

Surfaces 2023 Review: The annual flooring show is back to pre-pandemic form - March 2023

By Darius Helm, Jennifer Bardoner and Anne Harr This year’s Surfaces show, held in Las Vegas as part of the TISE event that includes TileExpo and StonExpo, was the busiest it’s been since...
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