Robert Varden, CFI, and Chun Yuan Qi of Shanghai Chemical Building Materials Trade Association, at the CFI China Signing Ceremony.
The Certified Floorcovering Installers Association opened its first international facility in Shanghai, China, last month.
The facility will begin providing introductory installation classes in the fourth quarter of 2017 and a full slate of classes starting in 2018. All classes will be taught by certified CFI instructors trained by lead instructors in the United States.
“A year’s worth of planning, negotiating and research has culminated in a partnership with the Shanghai Chemical Building Materials Trade Association,” said Robert Varden, CFI vice president, in a statement. “Our new arrangement in China represents CFI’s first free-standing overseas operation.”
