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NWFA Moves to New HQ, Hosts Open House at Inaugural Leadership Development Summit

The open house offers NWFA members an opportunity to tour the new state-of-the-art facility, which will serve as the central hub for technical training, industry events, and member activities.





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Riva Spain Expands Luxury Flooring Presence with Four New Showrooms in Massachusetts

Luxury flooring brand Riva Spain opens four new "Riva Corners" in Massachusetts, showcasing their high-quality, sustainable wood products. The expansion reflects the brand's growth in the region, with business tripling over two years.





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Mohawk's Tree-Planting Initiative Takes Root at Georgia Elementary School

In a joint effort to promote environmental stewardship and community involvement, Mohawk is teaming up with One Tree Planted, Food Well Alliance and local retail partners to break ground on a new orchard at Tara Elementary School in Morrow, Georgia. 




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Bjelin Extends Woodura Planks Reach Through Whiteriver Group Partnership

Bjelin partners with Whiteriver Group, a leading flooring supplier in Ireland, designating the firm as a national distributor for Bjelin’s hardened wood range, Woodura Planks.




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Taylor Adhesive's 501 Solvent-Free Epoxy Flooring Adhesive Ideal for Resilient

Taylor Adhesives 501 is a fast-setting, two-part, low-VOC epoxy system used to install vinyl and rubber flooring, including hard-to-stick recycled products.




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CFL Flooring Expands Production in North Vietnam

The new 750,000-square-foot facility will begin shipping products in the fourth quarter of this year and aims to establish itself as a hub for innovation.




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Resilient Flooring in Healthcare: How to Select the Right Flooring, Adhesive and Installer

Taylor Adhesives Director of Technical Services Gary Scheidker walks us through the process of bidding a commercial healthcare project from material and product selection to choosing the right installer for the job to maintenance of the flooring after project completion.




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Industry Veteran Paul Dominie Launches Onn Surfaces, Offering Tailored Hard Surface Flooring Solutions

Industry veteran Paul Dominie has launched a new brand, Onn Surfaces, which provides timeless hard surfaces, including engineered hardwood, laminate, luxury vinyl plank, and glue-down luxury vinyl flooring.




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New WoodHaven LVT Flooring from LX Hausys

The new WoodHaven LVT flooring from LX Hausys offers light hues and high-resolution design. 





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Floor Covering Installation Through the Eyes of a Beginner

Floor Trends & Installation Managing Editor Beth Miller shares her experience attending the International Certified Flooring Installers (CFI) Association LVP, Laminate, and Hardwood Technical Certification alongside the Mohawk and Performance Accessories product teams at the Mohawk Training Facility in Dalton, Georgia.  




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Tarkett's Non-PVC Layered Duality Resilient Flooring

Through testing, Tarkett said its non-PVC resilient flooring has been proven to stack up against traditional LVT in terms of dimensional stability, impact resistance and ease of maintenance.




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New ASTM Standard for Mitigating Moisture Beneath Resilient Floor Covering Approved

The ASTM F06 Committee approved a new standard that covers single-component fluid-applied moisture mitigation systems for use under resilient flooring installed on concrete substrates.




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Shaw's TotalWorx Pet Perfect LVT Underlayment Offers Moisture Barrier Capabilities, Subfloor Smoothing and Thermal Insulation

The GroundWorx Pet Perfect Underlayment offers a wide range of benefits, including sound suppression, moisture mitigation, smooths subfloors, thermal insulation and comfort underfoot. 




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Gapping in Glue-Down Luxury Vinyl Flooring: Bringing Semi-Wet Setting Back

Preferred Flooring President Daniel Gonzalez urges the flooring installation community to follow the right guidelines for semi-wet-setting luxury vinyl.




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Cali's Vinyl Laid Back is Designed for Trade and Builder Pros

Designed for large-scale projects, Laid Back offers seamless, efficient glue-down installation and is available in Cali's most popular light and natural colors. 




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Cali Marks 20 Years of Coastal-Inspired Home Innovation with Anniversary Sale

The company, which started in 2024 with two college friends' idea to create sustainable building materials from bamboo after a surf trip to Hawaii, has grown into a diverse brand offering premium flooring, rugs, turf, and composite decking.




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Nemo Tile + Stone Unveils Celine Marble-Look Porcelain Tile

This collection combines sophisticated patterns with advanced technology to create depth and texture for residential and commercial spaces.




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Sunshine on a Ranney Day Chooses SolidTech Resilient Flooring for Teen Bedroom Makeover

Sunshine on a Ranney Day, a nonprofit that reimagines and builds custom rooms for children with special needs, selected Mohawk’s SolidTech waterproof LVT for its recent bedroom makeover for 16-year-old Kendall.  




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AHF Crossville Trajectory Concrete-look Porcelain Tile

AHF's introduces new concrete-look porcelain tile collection, Crossville Trajectory.




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Case Study: Atlas Concorde Floor Tiles Elevate Dubai Mall's Expansion with Italian Elegance

Atlas Concorde's porcelain tiles were chosen for a recent expansion of the China Town segment of the Dubai Mall. The resin-effect Prism collection and concrete-effect Boost collection add Italian elegance to the world's largest shopping center.




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Industry Veterans Launch East Paragon Flooring

Learn how Don Finkell, Emily Finkell, Carr Newton, and Jesse Xia launched East Paragon Flooring to bring the best in design, performance and value to the North American market. 





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Top-Rated HGTV Show Features Karndean Designflooring In Recurring Role

HGTV show “100 Day Hotel Challenge” features the renovation of two North Carolina beachside hotels in just three months – and they chose Karndean LVT for the jobs.




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Shaw Industries to Invest Approximately $90 Million to Expand Domestic Manufacturing of Resilient Flooring

Shaw Industries is further enhancing its domestic resilient flooring manufacturing capabilities with a $90 million investment in Plant RP in Ringgold, Georgia, which makes SPC and LVT resilient flooring. This latest phase of investment will more than double the facility’s resilient flooring production capacity by 2026. 




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LX Hausys Advances U.S. Sustainability Goals

Building materials manufacturer LX Hausys has released its 2024 ESG Report, highlighting significant environmental progress at its Georgia facilities. 




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Changes big and small create challenges for food and beverage manufacturers

After the mad dash to end one year, January seems like a chance to get your feet back under you as you start the next.




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Planning and preparation can save the day

We all have those days when a bunch of little stuff is getting under our skin. But then we have those other days, where we don't joke or complain about having "one of those days" because something has gone seriously wrong.




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Coronavirus upends life, work and the food and beverage industry

The coronavirus pandemic we’re dealing with has created a situation that is beyond anyone’s control. That means we adapt, adjust and make the best of it.




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Although coronavirus dominates the headlines, other safety concerns still matter

Day-to-day operations are still the highest priority, even as food and beverage processors work to protect employees and contractors from coronavirus.




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What the COVID-19 pandemic can teach us about the internet

When I was an electrical engineer building emergency wireless communications networks, I learned about the importance of having backups—sometimes the hard way, with a 3 a.m. phone call reporting a system is down and the backup system didn’t kick in.




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COVID-19 makes it hard to define normal for food and beverage

We've all had our lives turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic, and that's going to continue for at least a little while longer.




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It’s been a strange year, but we have to find ways to be sustainable

Food and beverage manufacturers must keep looking for new ways to improve sustainability with water, energy and waste.




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New year brings new lineup of most popular cover stories

Food Engineering has revamped its schedule of most prominent annual features. Casey Laughman shares some of those changes as we kick off 2021.




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How food and beverage processors can build a glass and brittle plastic program

There are many different foreign materials that could and actually have ended up in foods. The most insidious of these and the one most feared is glass.




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Plans vs. preparation

Recent events show just how important it is to be truly prepared.




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A novel way to clean wastewater streams

Aquacycl used bacteria to clean up a wastewater stream and generate enough electricity to run the system and produce clean water.




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Innovation drives success in food safety

It is imperative that food processors understand that innovation is an imperative, and a failure to innovate can mean that they will begin to fall behind their competitors.




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Looking for innovative solutions

Food and beverage processors look for new ways to improve operations while facing the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.




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Plant of the Year Submissions Show Innovation Abounds

What Keurig Dr Pepper and Cuisine Solutions—and the other submissions we received for this year's Engineering Plant of the Year and Sustainable Plant of the Year award—do have in common is the level of innovation and creative solutions present throughout the plants.




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NFA Vendor Meeting Reveals New Solutions for Flooring Retailers

Vendor partners at the National Floorcovering Alliance fall meeting in Washington, D.C., offered products and solutions designed to help these top dealers sell more floors in 2025. 




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J+J Flooring Kicks Off 8th Annual Helping Hands Initiative Delivering Kid-Themed Christmas Trees to Children's Hospitals

This November and December, designers and flooring professionals come together for a fun, festive competition where they create themed Christmas trees based on ideas appropriate for kids in J+J Flooring’s 8th annual Helping Hands initiative. 




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Sports Broadcasting Icon Bob Costas to Headline CCA Global Partners Retail Convention

Emmy-winning sportscaster Bob Costas will deliver the keynote address at the CCA Global Partners Retail Group's annual ConneXtion convention in January 2025.




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Sherwin-Williams High-Performance Flooring Decorative Epoxy Coatings for Moderate to High-Use Areas

Sherwin-Williams High-Performance Flooring seamless flooring systems offers up durable, chemical resistant systems that cover a range of commercial applications, ranging from moderate to heavy use.




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Riva Max Offers Two Unique Engineered Hardwood Grades

Riva Max, a new engineered hardwood collection from Riva Spain, comes in two grades, Select and Character. 




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Taylor Adhesive Zephyr Serves as a Moisture Vapor Barrier, Encapsulator and Primer Coating

Engineered to fight moisture, Zephyr can also be used as a primer, or even an encapsulator, eliminating the need to remove existing or cutback adhesive residue.




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NAC ECB Classic and ECB 75 Crack Isolation Membranes Protect Against Structural Movement

ECB Classic and ECB 75 are self-adhering, sheet-applied elastomeric membranes designed for use under floor surfaces that require protection from structural movement.




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Montage Solid Vinyl Tile Collection From Shaw Contract

This new SVT collection offers durability with a terrazzo style look to commercial spaces.




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Performance Accessories TreadBond Adhesive

Performance Accessories Treadbond is a fast-curing, 100%-solids, moisture-curing adhesive designed for installing wood, HDF, and vinyl stair treads, as well as vinyl and HDF stair noses.




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Ecore EcoSurfaces Rx Line Introduces AssurGrip Rx Resilient Vinyl Flooring

AssurGrip Rx vinyl flooring provides support and safety for commercial surfaces. 




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MSI's Kallum Loose-lay Luxury Vinyl Collection

MSI's Kallum loose-lay luxury vinyl collection offers a versatile range of loose-lay planks that capture the timeless beauty of wood while providing the practical benefits of luxury vinyl.




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Coval SP-HV Sprayer Paired with Coval Coatings Covers 50,000 Square Feet in Four Hours

Coval Technologies, an innovator in covalent bonding spray down coating systems, introduces the Coval SP-HV industrial sprayer.