Issue Date:12/11/2006
The Mannington Mills (Salem, N.J.) High Point, N.C., branch has received the Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) Safety Award from the North Carolina Department of Labor.
Foam Products Corp. (Calhoun, Ga.) has acquired a production facility in Erwin, Tenn., from Leggett and Platt (Carthage, Mo.). The 59,000-square-foot facility houses three coating lines capable of producing flooring up to 9 feet wide. It’s slated to be fully operational during the first quarter of 2007.
JG Architectural Supply (Linthicum, Md.) is a new hardwood flooring company importing and distributing exotic hardwood flooring from Bolivia and Paraguay. It has prefinished and FSC-certified flooring available, as well as medallions. For more information, contact John Gasparine at 877/482-4771 or visit www.jgarchitectural.com.
Moulding Solutions (Kingston, Ga.) has created a prefinished molding stocking program for its 50 top-selling SKUs to reduce shipment times. These pre-stocked moldings are custom-matched to many manufacturers’ prefinished floors and are available in four lengths. For more information, visit www.mouldingsolutions.biz.
FN Neuhofer Holz (Zell am Moos, Austria) has invested in two additional production lines and a 6,561-square-foot warehouse. For more information, visit www.fnprofile.com.
ProTeam (Boise, Idaho) raffled off three Super QuarterVacs at the 2006 ISSA Convention in Chicago. The winners were Patsy Knapp of Kenco Inc. (Barre, Vt.), Brent Martin of Janitor Equipment Company (Springfield, Ohio) and Debbie Vanderkoy of Secure Clean Building Services (Marengo, Ill.).
Centre Mills Antique Floors (Aspers, Penn.) has acquired the 150-year-old Felty Barn, which was located five miles from Gettysburg, Penn. The barn yielded boards with widths of 16 to 23 inches.
Richard-Marshall Fine Flooring Inc. (Los Angeles) has been selected by Esquire magazine for the Esquire House 360°, a model home demonstrating some of Esquire ’s style concepts. The company’s flooring was also selected by builder Vintage Communities (Irvine, Calif.) for four model homes in the Vintage at Hidden Park community in Agoura, Calif.
A to Z Wood Flooring Inc. (Eagan, Minn.) has moved into a new 28,000-square-foot facility. The facility includes a 4,000-square-foot showroom and a 1,000-square-foot equipment showroom/repair facility. The new address is 1034 Gemini Road, Eagan, MN 55121. For more information, call 651/366-6001 or fax 651/366-6007.
Galleher Hardwood Co. (Santa Fe Springs, Calif.) held an open house on November 8 at its new branch located at 5250 S. 31st Place, Phoenix, AZ. Kay Chute, branch supervisor, and Dave Lahr, division manager, hosted representatives from 3M, BonaKemi, Bostik, Clarke American Sanders, Dura Seal, Franklin International, Hummel, Lauzon and Reward. More than 200 flooring professionals attended. Custom Hardwood Floors (Chandler, Ariz.) won an Atomic 110 raffled off by BonaKemi.
Garco Clear Finishes (North Brunswick, N.J.) has added the following distributors: Metro Floor Supplies (Long Branch, N.J.), Gold Coast Flooring Supply (Hicksville, N.Y.) and T&T Flooring Supply (Bellmawr, N.J.).
Welco Floor Coverings (Vancouver, British Columbia) has partnered with T&A Supply Co. (Kent, Wash.) to distribute Karelia (West Vancouver, British Columbia) wood flooring products. T&A Supply covers Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. For more information, call Tom Neaves with Welco at 800/999-3526 or visit www.welcofloorcoverings.com.
Virginia Abrasives (Petersburg, Va.) has expanded and reorganized its sales team. Allen Buck is based out of Los Angeles and is responsible for the West Coast and mountain states. Dave Stark continues to work with Buck in this territory. Terry Balke is based out of Milwaukee and is responsible for sales throughout the Midwest. Anne Harris is based in Connecticut and manages sales in the Northeast. John Keith is based in Raleigh, N.C., and heads the company’s Southeast sales. For more information, call 800/446-1805 or e-mail [email protected].
Foresbec Inc. (St-Eugene, Quebec) has named Marcel Levasseur North American sales director for ForesFloor. In his new role, Levasseur solicits new business and oversees ForesFloor’s sales activities and strategies. He has been a Foresbec territory manager since 2003.
The Bostik Flooring Group (Middleton, Mass.) has appointed Tim Martinho hardwood products territory manager-Northern California. Martinho has worked for Bostik since 1992.
EZ Tread (New Castle, Del.) has added Angel Zurlo to its sales team. For more information, call 302/328-9444.
New residential sales of single-family houses in October 2006 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,004,000 units, according to the U. S. Commerce Department. This is 3.2 percent below the revised September rate of 1,037,000 units and is 25.4 percent below the October 2005 total of 1,346,000 units.
Wickham Hardwood Flooring (Wickham, Quebec) has a new Web site at www.plancherswickham.com.
The Architectural Digest Home Design Show will be held March 8-11 in New York City. For more information, visit merchandisemart.com/homedesignshow.
ContractWorld Congress, a European architecture and design forum, will take place at Domotex Hannover January 13-16 in Hannover, Germany. For more information, visit www.contractworld.com.
Garco Clear Finishes is looking for qualified sales agents. The candidates should have direct sales experience calling on distributors serving the hardwood flooring industry. Garco offers an excellent compensation package with paid travel expenses, 401(k) and profit sharing. Résumés should be sent with salary history by mail to Garco Clear Finishes, Attn.: Michael Schnurr, 1999 Elizabeth St., North Brunswick, NJ 08902; by fax to 732/821-8180; or by e-mail to [email protected].
