Trelleborg, Sweden, July 23—Pergo reported its results for the first six months of 2004. Sales during the period were SEK 1,417 M ($187.9M) (1,344), an increase of 13% compared with the year ...

Dalton, GA, Nov. 21--Bill Gordon Jr., vice president of national accounts at Shaw Living, the rug and textiles division of Shaw Industries, died Sunday, Nov. 16. He was 41. Gordon spent his entire ...

Charlotte, NC, January 27--Stark Carpet Corp., will open its new 30,000-square-foot Charlotte facility in February. The Stark Carpet Design Center & Luxury Outlet will pair Stark's first-ever ...

Des Plaines, IL, Apr. 30--While negotiators for businesses, insurers, labor unions and congressional leaders iron out an agreement aimed at creating an industry financed national asbestos trust ...

Athens, GA, December 15--Managers with the Athens Invista facility on Voyles Road notified approximately 35 employees with the textile manufacturing facility that their jobs were eliminated ...

Lancaster, PA, Mar. 15--Armstrong World Industries' drive out of bankruptcy will continue to be stuck in neutral indefinitely, a company document indicates. The Lancaster New Era reported that ...

Holland, MI, Sept. 16--Haworth, Inc. and Interface, Inc. announced that they have signed an agreement for Haworth to purchase the assets of Interface Architectural Resources (InterfaceAR), the ...

San Jose, CA, Nov. 19--Resilient and rubber flooring manufacturer Burke Industries has completed its reorganization plan to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which it had filed for in June of ...

Portland. OR, Dec. 10--The party may be over for wood paneling producers, according to the Oregonian. For most of the year, makers of plywood and oriented strand board enjoyed an enormous surge in ...