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<p><img class="alignleft wp-image-2867" style="margin: 7px;" title="care" src="http://www.fcnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/care.jpg" alt="" width="134" height="88" />Georgina Sikorski, executive director of the Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE), has informed the organization’s board she will resign her post shortly after the group’s Annual Meeting in April. In a March 5 letter, Sikorski told CARE chairman Werner Braun she is leaving to pursue other projects, but that she is, “very proud of the organization and what we have accomplished together.”</p>
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<p>Omaha, Neb.—Ronald Blumkin, president of Nebraska Furniture Mart (NFM), has announced that the company’s flooring division has undergone “a leadership reorganization.” As part of the change, he noted, Gary Cissell is no longer with the company.</p>
<p>Longtime employee and senior flooring buyer David Snedeker will guide the division’s day-to-day operations until a permanent replacement is named, said Blumkin. Snedeker will continue to “support the organization’s comprehensive strategic plan and position the firm for continued growth.”</p>
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<h2><a href="http://www.fcnews.net/2012/03/milliken-sponsors-the-iida-educator-of-the-year-award/" rel="bookmark">Milliken sponsors the IIDA Educator of the Year award</a></h2>
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<p><img class="alignleft wp-image-6188" style="margin-right: 7px; margin-left: 7px;" title="Milliken2011Logo" src="http://www.fcnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Milliken2011Logo.jpg" alt="" width="153" height="60" />Spartanburg, S.C. — Milliken is proud to announce their sponsorship of the IIDA Educator of the Year Award<strong>, </strong>which celebrates excellence in leadership of an Interior Design educator.</p>
<p>The IIDA Educator of the Year Award was created to honor a full-time instructor who showcases exceptional accomplishments and commitments to Interior Design education. The recipient of this award will receive a $10,000 cash award and a<strong> </strong>complimentary 2013 IIDA Membership. </p>
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<h2><a href="http://www.fcnews.net/2012/03/shaw-floors-announces-celebrate-your-home-sale/" rel="bookmark">Shaw floors announces Celebrate Your Home sale</a></h2>
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<p><img class="alignleft wp-image-1204" style="margin: 7px;" title="shaw-main-logo" src="http://www.fcnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/shaw-main-logo.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="46" />Dalton—Shaw Floors has announced the comprehensive Celebrate Your Home Sale, a spring promotion that inspires consumers to create a beautiful home environment for themselves and those they love with the help of a new Shaw floor. Offering special, per-room pricing, the incentivizing campaign includes retro-inspired bright and bold POP for participating retailers who can capitalize on the act-now messaging. The simplified sale includes carpet, area rugs and laminate floor offerings of $499 for one room, $899 for two rooms and $1,199 for three rooms. Hardwood floors are included in the pre-room selections for an added $100 to each price offering. </p>
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<h2><a href="http://www.fcnews.net/2012/03/new-and-updated-credits-introduced-into-leed-pilot-credit-library/" rel="bookmark">New and updated credits introduced into LEED Pilot Credit Library</a></h2>
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<p><img class="alignleft wp-image-4067" style="margin: 7px;" title="usgbc" src="http://www.fcnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/usgbc.gif" alt="" width="95" height="104" />Washington, DC —The U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) next update to the LEED green building program, LEED 2012, will include various updates to credits within the LEED Pilot Credit Library. As a flexible, interactive mechanism for testing proposed credits in the marketplace, the Pilot Credit Library gathers real-time feedback on credit usability and ability to meet a credit’s intent.</p>
<p>The Pilot Credit Library was established to facilitate the introduction of new prerequisites and credits to LEED through stakeholder engagement and collaboration on the testing and analysis of proposed requirements. This process allows USGBC to refine credits through LEED project evaluations before being introduced into LEED.</p>
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<h2><a href="http://www.fcnews.net/2012/03/mannington-acquires-amtico-international/" rel="bookmark">Mannington acquires Amtico International</a></h2>
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<p><img class="alignleft wp-image-1100" style="margin: 7px;" title="Mannington-logo" src="http://www.fcnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Mannington-logo.jpg" alt="" width="265" height="26" />Salem, N.J. —In a move that broadens its U.S. manufacturing base and global reach, Mannington Mills announced today that it has acquired Amtico International.</p>
<p>“The acquisition of Amtico is an extremely exciting development for Mannington, as it not only brings a world class organization into the Mannington family, but also expands the company’s global market reach as well as the scope of its domestic manufacturing capabilities,” said Russell Grizzle, President and CEO of Mannington Mills, Inc. </p>
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<h2><a href="http://www.fcnews.net/2012/03/invista-introduces-new-vice-president-of-business-development-and-strategy-for-antron/" rel="bookmark">Invista introduces new vice president of business development and strategy for Antron</a></h2>
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<p><img class="alignleft wp-image-9362" style="margin: 7px;" title="INVISTA LOGO" src="http://www.fcnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/INVISTA-LOGO.jpg" alt="" width="220" height="65" />Invista Surfaces, a segment of Invista Performance Surfaces & Materials (PS&M) and maker of Stainmaster and Antron carpet fibers,<strong> </strong>welcomes Ralph H. Grogan to its leadership team.</p>
<p><strong>Ralph H. Grogan</strong> joins Invista as vice president of business development and strategy, Invista Surfaces, for its Antron brand. In this role, Ralph will be responsible for continuing to advance the position of the Antron branded offerings in the marketplace and will provide leadership for Invista’s Commercial Surfaces’ sales and field teams to create value for our customers and help to build upon the equity in the over 40-year-strong Antron brand.</p>
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<h2><a href="http://www.fcnews.net/2012/03/11461/" rel="bookmark">Mannington expands the R.A. Siegel Company territory in southeast</a></h2>
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<p><img class="alignleft wp-image-1100" style="margin: 7px;" title="Mannington-logo" src="http://www.fcnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Mannington-logo.jpg" alt="" width="270" height="26" />Salem, N.J.— Mannington Mills announced that it is expanding distribution area for The R.A. Siegel Company in the southeast United States. Effective March 5, 2012, R.A. Siegel will assume distribution for territory currently served by Walton Wholesale Corporation.</p>
<p>The R.A. Siegel Company is a family-owned company with locations in Atlanta, Georgia and Groveland, Florida. It has been in floor covering distribution since 1950 and a Mannington distributor since 1997.</p>
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<h2><a href="http://www.fcnews.net/2012/03/nourison-signs-brand-licensing-agreement-with-lifestyle-designer-barclay-butera/" rel="bookmark">Nourison signs brand licensing agreement with lifestyle designer Barclay Butera</a></h2>
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<p><img class="alignleft wp-image-11457" style="margin: 7px;" title="nourison" src="http://www.fcnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/nourison.jpg" alt="" width="198" height="62" />Saddle Brook N.J. — Nourison has signed a new brand licensing agreement with renowned Californian</p>
<div id="attachment_11458" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 107px"><img class=" wp-image-11458 " style="margin: 7px;" title="Barclay_pic" src="http://www.fcnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Barclay_pic.jpg" alt="" width="97" height="192" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Barclay Butera</p></div>
<p>lifestyle designer Barclay Butera. The program will feature a line of distinctive rugs that will perfectly complement a myriad of popular Barclay lifestyle products. This exciting collaboration will debut at the Spring High Point Market in Nourison’s high-profile showroom located at InterHall 101.</p>
<p>“Barclay has a unique brand image, design style and loyal customer base that will help us reach a completely new market demographic,” said Alex Peykar, principal at Nourison. “I am very excited with the result of our collaboration. The rugs are all visually stunning and uniquely distinctive in terms of color, material, texture and pattern. Great products are a result of combining new ideas, technology and craftsmanship. I think we have succeeded remarkably in this regard with the Barclay Butera Lifestyle collections.”</p>
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<h2><a href="http://www.fcnews.net/2012/03/mapeis-eco-prim-grip-simplifies-tile-renovations/" rel="bookmark">MAPEI’s Eco Prim Grip simplifies tile renovations</a></h2>
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<p><img class="alignleft wp-image-11451" style="margin: 7px;" title="image003" src="http://www.fcnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/image003.png" alt="" width="69" height="101" />Deerfield Beach, Fla.—Placing new, modern tile over existing tile has just become much easier with the introduction of MAPEI’s innovative <em>ECO Prim Grip</em>, a ready-to-use bond-promoting primer that prepares an existing tile or stone surface to receive a new installation without the time, labor or dust of scarification. This synthetic-resin-based primer enhances the performance of mortars and their adhesion to existing ceramics and other difficult substrates, and it can be applied with a roller in only one coat. A surface coated with <em>ECO Prim Grip</em> is ready for new tile installation within 15-60 minutes. Low odor and VOC compliance make the product safe for use in occupied interior environments.</p>
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<h2><a href="http://www.fcnews.net/2012/03/founder-of-tile-redi-returns-to-full-time-role-at-firm/" rel="bookmark">Founder of Tile Redi returns to full-time role at firm</a></h2>
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<div id="attachment_11446" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 122px"><img class=" wp-image-11446 " style="margin: 7px;" title="Gerber, Lloyd" src="http://www.fcnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Gerber-Lloyd.jpg" alt="" width="112" height="134" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Lloyd Gerber</p></div>
<p>Tile Redi, manufacturer and marketer of pre-formed, one-piece, tile ready shower products, is welcoming back Founder Lloyd Gerber to a fulltime role with the firm as president. Gerber comes from a construction background and started Tile Redi, right after he invented the one-piece, leak-proof shower pan.</p>
<p>Gerber left Tile Redi five years ago to pursue other interests, and in doing so, brought in Joe Cook, a lawyer practicing within the building industries as CEO of Operations, and Farrell Gerber, an accomplished sales director, as vice president of sales and marketing.</p>
<p>Due to strong growth and worldwide market demand, Lloyd decided to re-join the firm as a full time employee at the end of 2011. His plan is to be actively involved by spearheading many new products and introducing them to new markets in the future. “We have a number of exciting initiatives coming up in the next three or four months,” Gerber commented. “The marketplace has been keen to accept the large number of leak-proof shower products we’ve introduced in the last few years. Our new plans include bringing more products to them, offering both outstanding value and performance without equal.”</p>
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<h2><a href="http://www.fcnews.net/2012/03/11439/" rel="bookmark">Laticrete receives Expert’s Choice Award at World of Concrete 2012</a></h2>
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<p><img class="alignleft wp-image-9497" style="margin: 7px;" title="laticrete_logo" src="http://www.fcnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/laticrete_logo.jpg" alt="" width="114" height="82" />Laticrete Supercap was awarded this year’s “Expert’s Choice Award” for the category of “Onsite Mixing, Pumping and Placement of Underlayment Material” at the World of Concrete 2012 exposition, held in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 24-27.</p>
<p>As in each year at this event, show management conducted the Most Innovative Products (MIP) Award Program, which offered show attendees and readers of key concrete industry media the opportunity to vote for products they discerned to be the most innovative. A panel of industry experts ultimately reviewed and selected MIP award winners. </p>
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<h2><a href="http://www.fcnews.net/2012/03/wfca-mourns-the-loss-of-chris-davis/" rel="bookmark">WFCA mourns the loss of Chris Davis</a></h2>
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<p>The WFCA mourns the loss of Chris Davis. We have passed along to his family the heartfelt condolences expressed by so many. In lieu of flowers, they have requested donations be made in his name to The Floor Covering Industry Foundation or the American Cancer Society. Memorial services will be held March 29th 4pm time at The Sheraton Park Hotel at the Anaheim Resort.</p>
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<h2><a href="http://www.fcnews.net/2012/03/omnova-solutions-announces-price-increase-2/" rel="bookmark">Omnova solutions announces price increase</a></h2>
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<p><img class="alignleft wp-image-10766" style="margin: 7px;" title="omnova-logo" src="http://www.fcnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/omnova-logo.jpg" alt="" width="137" height="50" />Fairlawn, Ohio – Omnova Solutions’ Specialty Chemicals business today announced a price increase of $0.15 per dry pound for all styrene butadiene emulsion polymers produced in the U.S. and $0.04 per wet pound for all acrylic, styrene acrylic, vinyl acrylic, and vinyl acetate emulsion polymers. In addition, all vinyl pyridine (VP) latex products produced in the U.S. will increase by $0.20 per dry pound. These increases are effective March 15, 2012 for all specialty markets including coatings, tape & adhesives, floor care, graphic arts, nonwovens, textiles, construction, tire cord, and oilfield chemicals. This action is necessitated by the continuing escalation in the costs of key raw materials and is in addition to previously announced increases.</p>
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<h2><a href="http://www.fcnews.net/2012/03/mannington-mills-officially-remains-union-free/" rel="bookmark">Mannington Mills officially remains union-free</a></h2>
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<p><img class="alignleft wp-image-1100" style="margin: 7px;" title="Mannington-logo" src="http://www.fcnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Mannington-logo.jpg" alt="" width="216" height="21" />Salem, N.J.— Mannington Mills recently announced that on February 27<sup>th</sup>, the NLRB officially certified the results of the IBEW union election, which was held at the company on February 16<sup>th</sup>. Accordingly, the NLRB certified that the required majority of ballots were <span style="text-decoration: underline;">not</span> cast in favor of the IBEW, and Mannington remains union-free. </p>
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<h2><a href="http://www.fcnews.net/2012/03/ivc-us-welcomes-galleher-as-new-distributor/" rel="bookmark">IVC US welcomes Galleher as new distributor</a></h2>
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