Interview by Kemp Harr Don Maier, CEO of Armstrong Floor Products, joined the company as senior vice president of global operations in 2010. Maier possesses a diverse mix of talents with both a ...

By Sam Allman All of us eventually fail at something. It is part of the human experience. The fact is, we learn best by failure. Year after year, even the best and brightest of us eventually do ...

Jan 2015—Senior editor Calista Sprague reports on the state of the carpet backing business, with updates on all of the independent backing producers, along with a report on producers of ...

New York, NY, Aug. 13--It looks like Home Depot is coming to Manhattan. The home-improvement giant has reached agreements to set up its high-end Expo stores at 731 Lexington Ave., and at 28-40 ...

Westfalen, Germany, Sept. 8--Artoleum, the eco-friendly resilient flooring from Forbo Flooring as received the prestigious ‘red dot’, one of the most coveted design awards in the world.

The first carpet tile was made 50 years ago by a small Dutch company called Heuga. That first tile, a bitumen-backed, ten inch square needlefelt product called Felt, was a far cry from the stylish ...

Birmingham, England, July 16—After the initial public offering of Floors 2 Go earlier this year the founding family has cashed in the last of their shares, according to icbirmingham.com.

Clarksville, TN, April 10-- As Florim USA launches its fourth year of operations, its parent, The Florim Group, is projecting continued growth and plans ongoing investments and improvements.

Milan, Italy, November 17 -- Permira Europe II and Private Equity Partners Funds have acquired 33% ownership of Marazzi Group, the world's largest manufacturer of ceramic tiles.

Toronto, November 24--A tentative settlement has been reached in the UPS Canada strike, which began Monday when 3,800 employees walked out, interrupting thousands of package shipments, according ...

Editor Jessica Chevalier profiles Carpet Exchange, a retailer with 18 Colorado stores and one in Wyoming. Co-founder Bruce Odette started as an installer in the 1980s, quickly turned to sales and ...

Minneapolis, Jan 27--Kathleen M. Bader was named chairman, president and chief executive of Cargill Dow LLC, a joint venture of Dow Chemical Co. and closely held commodity processing giant Cargill ...