The NWFA taught 14 students on the rigors of Subfloor Preparation/Solid & Prefinished Installation at its training center in St. Louis on May 16-18. The association's Director of Technical Training Frank Kroupa led the instruction, along with these volunteer instructors:
- Cort Dunlap (Bamboo & Hardwood Inspections)
- Dayle Moore (Bostik Inc.)
- Matt Crawford (Clarke American Sanders)
- Robert Belovicz (DRIcore)
- Roger Barker (Fortifiber Building Systems Group)
- Mark Lamanno (Franklin International)
- Steve Lima (MAPEI Corporation)
- Nick Motto (Motto's Flooring)
- Mike Kearns (Primatech Inc.)
- Maren Feindler (Sika Corporation)
- Edward Michael (Brookens Wood Floors Inc.)
- John Mayers (Chemque Inc.)
- Riccardo Cruz, Sonny Fortner, Kleby Gomes and Adrian Ionescu (Floormax Flooring America)
- Jesus Ramos (JM Pro Flooring Services LLC)
- Roland Hall and Brian Tolman (Southern Wood Flooring & Supply)
- Stu Erickson (Stu's Floor Sanding)
- Tim Chikwasa and Timothy Chikwasa (T.R. Chikwasa Enterprise Ltd.)
- Doug Taylor (Taylor Flooring)
- Balazs Keppel (Traditional Hardwood Flooring Ltd.)
- Bamboo & Hardwood Inspections (Granite Falls, Wash.)
- Bostik Inc. (Middleton, Mass.)
- Clarke American Sanders (Plymouth, Minn.)
- Delmhorst Instrument Co. (Towaco, N.J.)
- DRIcore (Mississauga, Ontario)
- Fortifiber Building Systems Group (Fernley, Nev.)
- Franklin International (Columbus, Ohio)
- Lignomat USA Ltd.
- MAPEI Corp. (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
- Motto's Flooring (O'Fallon, Mo.)
- Mullican Flooring (Johnson City, Tenn.)
- Owens Flooring by Colonial Craft (Shawano, Wis.)
- Powernail Company Inc. (Lake Zurich, Ill.)
- Primatech Inc. (Quebec, Quebec)
- Sika Corporation (Lyndhurst, N.J.)
- Somerset Wood Products Inc. (Somerset, Ky.)
- W•D Flooring (Laona, Wis.)
- Wagner Meters (Rogue River, Ore.)
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