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Protect-All Flooring has unveiled its redesigned website. The website refresh is one more step in Protect-Alls rebranding process, which has been going on throughout the year and includes a new logo and brand statement. Designed to be easy-to-navigate and help customers find information faster and easier, the new site fits in better with Protect-Alls strategic vision to raise brand awareness and increase market share, according to the company. Protect-All is always looking for ways to make a splash in the marketplace, said Jerry Lee, Protect-Alls sales manager. We started with Protect-All Rapid Weld and now we have a website to match. For more information, visit. ...    

The Flooring Contractors Association (FCICA) will host a WebinarSustainable Benefits of Recycled Rubber Sound Systemson Thursday, Jan. 15 at 11 a.m. EST. Christopher Capobianco, New York product manager for Ecore Commercial Flooring, will be the presenter. This session will focus on methods for impact sound insulation in flooring systems by providing an overview of available products and an explanation of the advantages of recycled rubber sound insulation including its positive environmental attributes and impact on LEED and FloorScore accreditation. The Webinar will include a comparison of the characteristics of various sound insulation systems based on their content and performance, the environmental benefits of recycling rubber to produce high-performance sound insulation, the proper specifications of recycled rubber sound insulation, and discussion of how recycled rubber sound insulation can contribute to obtaining LEED credits. This is an American Institute of Architects (AIA) appr ...    

Halex Corp. has launched its informative video series focused on flooring installation. The sequence of brief but useful one-minute videos, launched on Halex websites, is a resource for all flooring installers as well as DIY homeowners. The videos also encourage viewers to ask Halexs industry professionals questions and have them answered in later videos. According to the company, new videos will be released weekly, starting with Floored by VersaShield: An Introduction, which is about moisture in concrete slabs. The Floored by VersaShield series will cover topics from moisture testing and slab preparation to moisture remediation alternatives and planned flooring removal. Another series, Floored by Orcon, will review best practices for carpet installation and offer tips for faster installations. We created these videos to share our collective experience with installers and others, saidMark Chichak, president and CEO of Halex. Several of our guys started as installers, so we tapped into t ...    

The Flooring Contractors Association (FCICA) will host a WebinarSustainable Benefits of Recycled Rubber Sound Systemson Thursday, Jan. 15 at 11 a.m. EST. Christopher Capobianco, New York product manager for Ecore Commercial Flooring, will be the presenter. This session will focus on methods for impact sound insulation in flooring systems by providing an overview of available products and an explanation of the advantages of recycled rubber sound insulation including its positive environmental attributes and impact on LEED and Floorscore accreditation. The Webinar will include a comparison of the characteristics of various sound insulation systems based on their content and performance, the environmental benefits of recycling rubber to produce high-performance sound insulation, the proper specifications of recycled rubber sound insulation, and discussion of how recycled rubber sound insulation can contribute to obtaining LEED credits. This is an American Institute of Architects (AIA) appr ...    

H.B. Fuller Construction Products made two key changes to its organizational structure by creating and filling two new positionsbusiness director for the wholesale flooring distribution business and business director for concrete repair and restoration. According to the company, these changes will help it continue to offer the services and quality its customers expect. With the recent acquisition of Pro Spec Construction Products, H.B. Fuller now has a national production footprint and a wider array of products and services and the fulfillment of two new business director positions helps the company support its new business. Rachel Gibbons assumed the position of business director for the wholesale flooring distribution segment. Gibbonswill execute the flooring installation materials strategy for flooring contractors and its distributor partners in North America. She will shape the companys vision to provide innovative solutions and exceptional customer and technical support. Gibbonspre ...    

The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certifications Council of Associations (IICRCA) will hold its first ever trade show, The IICRCA Event, May 6 to 8 at the Rio in Las Vegas. The IICRCA Event will be held in conjunction with the Restoration Industry Association (RIA) International Restoration Convention Industry Expo. Across the industries we serve, weve already got shows without a mission and weve got shows where vendors feel they could be getting more value, said Bryan OHaleck, IICRCAs chairman. What we want to do is start with a blank slate, designing everything from the ground up along two lines: How do we help everyone who attends make or save money? Its simplebut its also powerful. Created by the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) in 2012, IICRCA is a global, cross-industry council of associations that allows diverse interests in cleaning, restoration, inspection and related fields to exchange information, speak in a unified v ...    

Shaw Industries associates raised over $23,500 for St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital at the St. Jude Memphis Marathon. A team of 29 associates from Shaw Industries raised over $23,500 for St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital through the St. Jude Memphis Marathon. The Shaw team raised money from their friends, family, coworkers and Shaw customers to support St. Judes work. Shaws heart beats for St. Jude on a daily basis, said Kathy Young, vice president of residential marketing at Shaw. We were honored to participate as a gold level sponsor of the marathon to support St. Jude alongside our associates. We are grateful to support an organization that leads the way in fighting deadly diseases and finding the cure for childhood cancer. Composed of associates from all over the company from marketing, sales, plant production, quality, hard surfaces division and the technical division, many of the Shaw associates met for the first time at the marathon weekend. The team toured St. Jude and t ...    

Armstrong World Industries has decided to exit its European flooring business and cease further funding of its DLW subsidiary effective immediately. As a result of this decision, local DLW management filed for insolvency in Germany. Our difficult, but necessary, decision to exit the European flooring business and discontinue funding our DLW subsidiary in Germany was the culmination of a comprehensive evaluation of strategic alternatives following years of disappointing results, multiple restructuring initiatives and significant financial investments, said Matthew Espe, Armstrong CEO. DLW management concluded that its operations could not be financed and sustained without funding from its Armstrong parent and, as a result, filed for insolvency under applicable German law. Armstrong expects all operations at the two DLW manufacturing plants in Germany, as well as at the DLW administrative offices across Europe, to continue in the normal course for the near term. A preliminary insolvency a ...    

The Marble Institute of America (MIA) membership elected Joshua Levinson and Bernard Van Etten III to serve five-year terms (2015-19) on its board. Joshua Levinson, president of Artistic Tile, Secaucus, N.J., will represent the Mid-Atlantic zone of Washington D.C., Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. He has been with Artistic Tile for 18 years. Levinson is a past chair of the MIA education committee and continues to serve on the committee, as well as the joint committee on dimension stone that created the new NSC 373 Sustainability Standard. He is also a charter member and co-chair of the MIA NY Metro Chapter. Additionally, he is currently a member of the MIA technical committee, NTCA technical committee, TCNA handbook committee and the MIA representative on the NSC board. Artistic Tile has been an MIA member for 10 years. Levinson replaces Jonathan Zanger of Walker Zanger, who served as the 2013 MIA president. Bernard Van Etten III, president of Mu ...    

The Flooring Contractors Association (FCICA) will offer six tours to give attendees a taste of San Diego during the organizations 2015 convention, March 1 to 4. Convention 2015Riding the Wave of Success will be hosted at San Diegos Kona Kai Resort and Marina. The four-day event will feature five educational sessions, a tabletop show, industry networking opportunities, a reception and dinner at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, silent auction, plus optional tours for attendees. Each FCICA tour will offer a taste of San Diego from golfing on a PGA Tour golf course to setting sail on an Americas Cup replica vessel. Attendees will have the opportunity prior to the start of the convention on Saturday, Feb. 28 to golf at Torrey Pines South, the nations foremost municipal golf course situated atop cliffs towering above the Pacific Ocean. Limited tee times are available. Also on Saturday is an afternoon tea and shopping tour in Old Town where you can discover five original adobe buildings which ...