Issue Date:9/21/2009
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Issue Date:9/21/2009
NWFA Holds Wood Flooring Basics School The NWFA held a Wood Flooring Basics School on Sept. 15-18 at its St. Louis headquarters; 30 students attended. Instruction was led by the NWFA's Frank Kroupa and Powernail Company Inc.'s Daniel Boone, while other instructors included: Galen Fitzel, 3M; Todd McDonald, Aacer Flooring LLC; Josh Frink, Basic Coatings; Zachary Clavin, Bona US; Jeff Marcum, Cherryhill Mfg. Corp.; Reggie Hill, Connor Hardwoods; Brian Gamet, Glitsa American; Wayne Collins, Stuart Flooring Corporation; and the NWFA's Rusty Swindoll and Glen Miller.
Manufacturer News Riverhead Building Supply Corp. (Shirley, N.Y.) has acquired Heritage Wide Plank Flooring (Riverhead, N.Y.). Riverhead will now manufacture and distribute both Heritage Wide Plank Flooring and Renaissance Woodworking product lines from its facility in Calverton, N.Y. Both Heritage and Renaissance will continue to operate a retail showroom at 205 Marcy Ave., Riverhead, NY 11901. Also, the brands will continue to be distributed by nine Riverhead locations across Long Island and three freestanding Perimeters showrooms in Water Mill, Greenport and Greenvale, N.Y. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
Global manufacturer Emerson (St. Louis) has acquired ProTeam Inc. (Boise, Idaho). Details of the transaction were not disclosed.
Saint-Gobain's (Grand Island, N.Y.) manufacturing center in Tlaxcala, Mexico, has received ISO 14001:2004 certification, the internationally recognized standard for environmental management systems.
Distributor News Loba-Wakol LLC (Kannapolis, N.C.) has added three distributors: Distribution Brothers (Eau Claire, Wis.), Cancun Wood Floors (Van Nuys, Calif.), and Carolina Global Trading (Charlotte, N.C.).
F & C Flooring Distributors (Plymouth, Wis.) has been named a distributor for Cala Flooring (Oklahoma City) in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin and northern Michigan. For more information, contact Tim Flagstadt at 920/467-8145.
NRF Distributors (Augusta, Maine) has been named a distributor for Harris Wood (Johnson City, Tenn.) in the New England area. For more information, contact Harris's Wendy McIlquham at [email protected] or NRF's Deborah Giordano at [email protected].
The Cronin Company (Portland, Ore.) has been named a distributor for Corkart (Vendas Novas, Portugal) in Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho and Alaska. Contact Corkart's Chris Wilson at [email protected] for more information.
Horizon Forest Products' (Raleigh, N.C.) Carl Bahn recently raised $1,800 during the Muscular Dystrophy Association's annual Lock-Up fundraiser. Money raised went to Camp Carefree, a local camp for youngsters with health problems and disabilities.
Derr Flooring Company (Willow Grove, Pa.) presented its eight annual Scholastic Excellence Award to Heather Warfel, daughter of Derr branch manager Fred Warfel, and Melissa Bethard, stepdaughter of Derr's Tom Bello. The students received $5,000 and $3,000, respectively, to attend a college of their choice.
People News Clarke American Sanders (Springdale, Ark.) has named Michael Larsen industrial marketing manager. Larsen most recently worked as an industrial product manager at the Tennant Company, where he developed and launched new products, improved existing products, and managed the company's pre-owned equipment category; he has an M.B.A. from St. Paul's Concordia University. To reach him, e-mail [email protected].
UFloor Systems Inc. (Aurora, Colo.) has added to its technical sales force. Kelsey Quigg will work in the company's hardwood division, while Jim McWilliam will work in its commercial division. Quigg brings 15 years' experience in subfloor preparation, moisture mitigation and hardwood flooring installation and finishing to UFloor. He will be responsible for contractor and distributor training, technical sales and advisement. McWilliam is a 25-year veteran contractor and has extensive knowledge of commercial and industrial underlayments, moisture mitigation and leveling compound installation.
Mark Reimers has retired from ProTeam Inc. after serving the company since 1987, primarily as senior vice president. ProTeam leaders credited Reimers with helping foster the company through its early years.
George F. Mancuso has been named CEO of Lag Designâ Industrial Millwork Corporation (Seneca, Kan.).
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On the Web Hardwood Floors wants to remind readers to visit its Online Resource Center at woodfloorbusiness.com/resourcecenter to request information from its featured suppliers.Finitec Canada (St-Lambert-de-Lauzon, Quebec) has redesigned its Web site at www.finitec-inc.com/EN/home.htm.
Unique Wood Floors (Hopkins, Minn.) has launched a new Web site at www.uniquewoodfloor.com.
Hardwood Designs & Marketing (College Station, Texas) has launched a new Web site at www.hardwooddesigns.net.
Mark Your Calendar David Marzalek of DM Hardwood Designs (Farmington, N.M.) will be holding an "Experts Only Wood Flooring School" Nov. 14-21 in Farmington; the class will be limited to 15 students. To register, contact Brett Miller at 720/281-0405 or [email protected].
NWFA Member Services NWFA members can simplify the numerous tasks associated with shipping and freight services for their business through the NWFA partnership with Meridian One Corporation. The shipping company can handle envelopes, packages or heavy freight. Contact Meridian's Brian Raniewicz at 703/461-5200 or [email protected] for more information.