Issue Date:1/11/2010
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Issue Date:1/11/2010
Recent Deaths Prompt Finish Regulations in Massachusetts Massachusetts' State Board of Fire Prevention Regulations recently passed new regulations that require the posting of a permit and warning sign on every door of buildings where highly flammable floor finishing products are in use; the removal of ignition sources (like pilot lights) is also required. The new regulations, which go into effect on June 1, resulted from recent house fires and the deaths of three people in Somerville and Hull, Mass., at homes where lacquer finish was being used. According to a local media report, the Massachusetts legislature is now considering a ban on the use and sale of finishing products that can ignite at temperatures less than 100 degrees.Manufacturer News Nova USA Wood Products LLC (Portland, Ore.) was named one of Inc. Magazine's 2009 Inc. 500 honorees. The Inc. 500 list is comprised of 500 private companies showing substantial growth over a three-year period. From 2005 to 2008, Nova's revenue grew 1,041 percent from $2.2 million to $25.2 million, earning Nova the 190th spot on the list. The Inc. 500 Industry Median for the construction category was 54.2 percent growth.
Appalachian Flooring Ltd. (Cowansville, Quebec) has received FSC Chain of Custody certification.
LM Flooring (Carrollton, Texas) has received FSC Chain of Custody certification for its oak, hickory, walnut, and exotic species.
Distributor News Baltic Wood USA (Newark, N.J.) is seeking distributors in the Southwest, the mid-South, Texas, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Canada and Mexico. Baltic Wood offers 100 percent FSC-certified wood flooring for residential and commercial use; its wenge offering is mixed-source, however. For more information, contact Mark Pacacha at [email protected] or 303/241-9517.
Glitsa American (Seattle) has named the following distributors for its wood finishing products: Clickner & Sons (Glen Burnie, Md.), Timeless Forest Products (Newnan, Ga.), Southern Hardwood & Floor Supply (Henrico, Va.), Michigan Hardwoods (Wixom, Mich.), and Cronin Company (Portland, Ore.), with seven locations throughout Washington, Oregon and Alaska.
Ashawa Bay Hardwood Floors has named the following distributors for its unfinished, prefinished, custom and reclaimed pine engineered flooring products: Patriot Hardwood Floors and Supply Co. (Pompton Plains, N.J.), Southern Wood Flooring and Supply (Dallas), Jeffco Flooring and Supply (Nashville, Tenn.) and Dean Hardwoods Inc. (Wilmington, N.C.). For more information, contact Andrew Richey at 218/666-5933 or [email protected]. Also, to clarify what was reported in the Dec. 28 E-news, Borth and Associates (Simi Valley, Calif.) is handling local sales, marketing and distribution in Southern California for Ashawa's Thick, Wide and Long unfinished engineered flooring line. Borth and Associates can be reached at 805/583-3158.
SaveYourFloor.com (Toronto), maker of the LCD Thermo-Hygrometer, has added the following distributors in Canada: TRC Distribution (Alberta and British Columbia), GR Distributors (Saskatchewan and Manitoba) and Goodfellow (Quebec). It has also added the following U.S. distributors: Wood Pro Inc. (Auburn, Mass.), Custom Wholesale Floors Inc. (Jacksonville, Fla.), Derr Flooring Company (Willow Grove, Pa.), Kelly-Goodwin Company (Tukwila, Wash.), A to Z Flooring (Van Nuys, Calif.), Ottley Floor Company Inc. (Meridian, Idaho), National Wood Products (Salt Lake City), Blake Stevens Wood Flooring Inc. (Madison, Wis.) and Tom Duffy Company (Fairfield, Calif.).
Dealer News Lumber Liquidators (Toano, Va.) has reorganized by creating a new holding company structure. A new parent company named Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc. was formed. Outstanding shares of the capital stock of the former parent company were automatically converted, on a share-for-share basis, into identical shares of common stock of the new holding company. The company aims to create a more efficient corporate structure that provides flexibility, risk mitigation, enhanced compensation and benefit structuring with the reorganization, it said.
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Trade Group News INSTALL (Philadelphia), the International Standards & Training Alliance, added 21 partners in 2009 that publicly recommend INSTALL-trained and certified flooring mechanics to install their materials. The companies are: Beaulieu, Bentley Prince Street, Burtco Enterprises, Cambridge, Couristan Carpets, Daltonian Flooring, Fortune Contract, Free Lay Carpets LLC, Healthier Choice Flooring LLC, Junckers Hardwood, Kährs International Hardwood, Kane Carpets, Mannington Wood Floors, The Mohawk Group, Moreland Company USA, Northwest Carpets, Omnimart Distributors, Inc., Orcon Products, Oscada Plastics, Signature Hospitality and Carpets and Tai Ping Carpets.Mark Your Calendar Bona US (Aurora, Colo.) will hold an Advanced Wood Floor Installation Course at its regional training center in Monroe, N.C., on Feb. 10-13. Other course sponsors include Powernail Company Inc. (Lake Zurich, Ill.), Mountain Lumber Company Inc. (Ruckersville, Va.) and Goodwin Heart Pine Co. (Micanopy, Fla.). Lead instructors will include Howard Brickman (Brickman Consulting), Daniel Boone (Powernail Company), Layton Endres (Master's Touch Wood Floors), Andrew St. James (Goodwin Heart Pine), John Williams (Mountain Lumber Company) and Rick Schultz (Schultz Wood Floors). The class size is limited to 12 students. Design, layout, fabrication and installation — including bending, borders, medallions, end-grain mosaics, and scroll saw inlays — will be covered. The cost for the course is $1,299, which includes a four-night hotel, daily lunch and refreshments; students must bring their own tools. For more information or to sign up, contact Bona's Betty Jo Hargrave at 303/923-6632 or [email protected]; or contact Brickman at 617/901-6407 or [email protected].
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