i4F, a group of companies providing patents and technologies to the flooring industry, announced that Benchwick has signed an i4F digital printing technologies license. bit.ly/3vKpeLE
Single-family starts remained flat in April as interest rates moved above 7% last month and builders were dealing with tighter lending conditions. Read more: bit.ly/4bmSl7k
i4F announced that it is again participating as an exhibitor at this year’s @domotexasia show taking place on May 28-30, 2024 in Shanghai, China. bit.ly/3V0QfEC
With mortgage rates averaging above 7 percent for the past four weeks per data from Freddie Mac, builder sentiment posted its first decline since November 2023. bit.ly/3UYFHFQ
This week students from Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC)/The Dalton Academy and Atlanta Technical College, who are participating in the Basic Floor Covering Program, attended Coverings 2024 in Atlanta. Read more: bit.ly/4dcfGdg
FCW's Katie Batkin sat down with HGTV star, Ty Pennington, in an FCW Exclusive interview to discuss his partnership with @karndeanfloors! Find out his most rewarding part of his career, some personal style tips and his goals for the new design duo. 🏠bit.ly/44p0tS7
MSI’s Waterproof Woodhills flooring in Coral Ash from its Everlife Collection offers a genuine wood top reinforced with stone based core and features a pre-attached 1-mm pad for comfort and quite underfoot. 👣 @msisurfaces#FlooringFriday
Floor Coverings International (FCI) has inked three newly signed franchise agreements, boosting the total number of showrooms to 12 throughout Michigan by the end of 2024. bit.ly/3JkKlHE
HMTX Industries’ Mycelium Collection of SRP Rigid Core TPU Flooring was named one of Green Builder magazine’s 2024 Sustainable Products of the Year in its March/April issue in the Flooring/Surfaces category.
The California Carpet Stewardship Program has achieved a carpet recycling rate of 35.1 percent for 2023. For the second year running, this exceeds the goal (31 percent) set in the Program’s Five-Year Plan bit.ly/3J7CA7M
Tarkett earned two Atlanta Marketer of the Year (AMY) Awards on Thursday, March 28, 2024. The awards recognized Tarkett’s creative and innovative marketing strategy and activations around Design Days 2023. @tarketthome 🏆 bit.ly/49j0U1b