FloorDaily.net News & Interviews (December 2, 2016)
December 2, 2016-Brenda Knowles, VP of commercial marketing for Shaw Industries, and Kemp Harr talk about the grand opening of Shaw's $85 million T1 modular tile plant in Adairsville, Georgia. Listen to the interview to hear more details about how much incremental capacity this plant gives Shaw on a global basis, about the 170 employees that the operation has today, and the eventual plans to employ 500 people at this location. Not only will this plant help service Shaw's current business, but it will also enable the company to expand into new markets. Listen at FloorDaily.net
Adairsville, GA, December 2, 2016 - Shaw Industries cut the ribbon on its new modular carpet tile manufacturing facility located in Adairsville, Georgia. Read at FloorDaily.net
New York, NY, December 2, 2016-Interior Design magazine hosted its eleventh annual Best of Year (BOY) Awards last night, recognizing the top products and projects in the commercial interiors market. Read at FloorDaily.net
Cartersville, GA, December 2, 2016-Patcraft, a brand of Shaw Industries, has announced the promotion of Shannon Cochran to vice president of creative and product development. Read at FloorDaily.net
Washington, DC, December 2, 2016-The unemployment rate declined to 4.6% in November, and total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 178,000, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported. Read at FloorDaily.net
Dalton, GA, December 2, 2016-Andrea Dobbins has joined the World Floor Covering Association's philanthropic arm, the Floor Covering Industry Foundation (FCIF), as executive director. Read at FloorDaily.net
Lancaster, PA, December 2, 2016-Armstrong Flooring's closed-loop recycling program, the On & On Floor Recycling Program, started in 2009, has already diverted 28 million pounds of post-consumer flooring representing 14,000 tons of landfill material. Read at FloorDaily.net
Calhoun, GA, December 2, 2016-Mohawk Flooring is providing a new marketing program for its aligned retailers in 2017 through a new program on Houzz. Read at FloorDaily.net
Chicago, IL, December 2, 2016-The pace of downsizing fell to the lowest level of the year in November, as U.S.-based employers announced plans to shed 26,936 workers from payrolls during the month, according to a report by global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Read at FloorDaily.net
Arlington, VA, December 2, 2016- Construction spending in October totaled $1.173 trillion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, up 0.5% from the month before and up 3.4% from the October 2015 level. Read at FloorDaily.net
Seattle, WA, December 2, 2016- Mannington Mill's modular carpet product rEvolve is the first product to achieve a third party verified International Living Future Institute Declare label (Declare 3PV). Read at FloorDaily.net
Bethany, CT, December 2, 2016-Laticrete co-founder and wife of the late Dr. Henry M. Rothberg, Lillian Rosenstock Rothberg, 91, passed away on November 27, 2016. Read at FloorDaily.net Click here to read all the latest floorcovering news... |
