FloorDaily.net News & Interviews (June 27, 2016)
June 27, 2016-Brenda Knowles, VP of marketing for Shaw's commercial business, and Kemp Harr discuss Friday's groundbreaking on Shaw Industry's Create Center in Cartersville, Georgia. This $24 million facility was designed by Gensler and will be built by EMJ construction company. The three-story glass structure will be the new home for Shaw's commercial marketing and design teams. It is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2017. Listen at FloorDaily.net
Dalton, GA, June 27, 2016-On June 25, Shaw Industries broke ground on a new commercial design space, called the Create Centre, in Cartersville, Georgia. Read at FloorDaily.net
Washington, DC, June 27, 2016-The Architecture Billings Index accelerated to its highest score in nearly a year with a May ABI score of 53.1. Read at FloorDaily.net
Dalton, GA, June 27, 2016-Mohawk Industries' chairman and CEO Jeff Lorberbaum was honored with the EY Lifetime Achievement Award in the Southeast U.S. region. Read at FloorDaily.net
Cambridge, MA, June 27, 2016-The national housing market has now regained enough momentum to provide an engine of growth for the U.S. economy, according to the The State of the Nation's Housing report by the Joint Center for Housing Studies. Read at FloorDaily.net
Ann Arbor, MI, June 27, 2016-Consumer sentiment fell to 93.5 in June, a 1.3% drop from May's 94.7, according to the final results from the University of Michigan's Survey of Consumers. Read at FloorDaily.net
Los Angeles, CA, June 27, 2016-KB Homes announced quarterly revenue of $811.1 million, or earnings per share of $0.18 for Q2 2016, compared to revenue of $623.0 million, or earnings per share of $0.10 for Q2 2015, an increase of 30%. Read at FloorDaily.net
Wichita, KS, June 27, 2016-Invista informed customers on June 24 that it had invoked Force Majeure on adiponitrile (ADN) and hexamethlyene diamine (HMD) following an unspecified incident at its Victoria, Texas facility. Read at FloorDaily.net
Willemstad, Curacao, June 27, 2016-Innovations4Flooring (I4F) has announced that the European Patent Office's opposition division has published a preliminary opinion in favour of its patent EP'724. Read at FloorDaily.net
Oxford, AL, June 27, 2016-Kronospan has announced plans for a $362 million expansion to its current Oxford, Alabama manufacturing facility, according to WRBC. Read at FloorDaily.net
Harrisburg, PA, June 27, 2016-Abbey Carpet & Floor has reopened its Harrisburg showroom after a seven-month renovation project. Read at FloorDaily.net Click here to read all the latest floor covering news... |
