Luxury vinyl tile and plank floorcoverings (LVT) are among the hottest flooring products in the market today, and their use is growing exponentially in the commercial, hospitality and residential ...

Omaha, NE, July 21--Berkshire Hathaway will acquire recreation vehicle manufacturer Forest River Inc. from its founder and CEO, Peter J. Liegl. Forest River will continue to be managed by Liegl as ...

Las Vegas, NV, June 30--The Venetian's new 1,013-room Venezia tower, which opened this week, is expected to cut the Strip resort's overhead cost per room by as much as 12 percent, an analyst ...

Chicago, IL, July 15--NeoCon World's Trade Fair attracted more than 41,000 registrants to The Merchandise Mart, June 16-18. "The upbeat, optimistic atmosphere at this year's NeoCon was ...

Calhoun, GA, August 8--Astro Dye Works, a yarn-dyeing operation, will close its doors permanently in January 2006. The closing will cut 65 jobs. Astro Dye Works was established in 1957 and had ...

Chester, VA, September 30--More job cuts are likely on the way at a local Honeywell International Inc. plant, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The company said yesterday it has proposed ...

Montreal, Quebec, December 3-- PTT Poly Canada announced today that it has successfully started up the first world-scale polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) polymer plant. Feed was put in ...

Brothers Jason, Lance and Austin Calvetta opened their first Calvetta Bros. Floor Show in Bedford Heights, Ohio in 1999. Eighteen years later, with four locations and $16 million in annual revenue ...

Boa-Franc, which manufactures Mirage hardwood, is deftly led by president Pierre Thabet, a man whose singular goal is to be the best at manufacturing hardwood flooring. Self described as “more ...

In 1939, Earl Goebel founded the first Star company, a lumberyard. Today, Star has several companies under its umbrella, including a door mill, a lumberyard, a manufacturing company and a flooring ...

Calhoun, GA, August 19-- Julian Saul, president of Shaw Industries, is one of three North Georgia investors who came together to purchase the North Georgia, Barnsley Gardens Inn & Golf resort.

Assistant to the chairman at Engineered Floors, James Lesslie grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, the son of an Internal Revenue Service manager and a teacher. After earning degrees in ...