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E-News is an electronic newsletter distributed by Hardwood Floors every other week. Current and previous issues are archived and can be requested electronically. You also can subscribe to E-News, and submit a news item for publication. Issue Date:7/13/2009
Distributor News
Hockstein's Wholesale Floorcovering (Capitol Heights, Md.) is now a distributor for Cikel America LLC (Miami) in Baltimore and the greater Richmond, Va., area. For more information, call 301/336-6600. Radio Distributing Co. (Taylor, Mich.) has been named a distributor for Mercier Wood Flooring Inc. (Montmagny, Quebec); Radio will service Michigan and 11 counties in northwest Ohio. Contact Mercier at 866/448-1785 for more information. Sheoga Hardwood Flooring & Paneling Inc. (Middlefield, Ohio) has named Kirk Francis of The FlashPoint Agency (Denver) its Western manufacturer representative. Contact Francis at 303/660-9362 or flashpointf64@hotmail.com. FloorSelect (City of Industry, Calif.) is seeking nationwide distributors. The engineered flooring manufacturer works with various imported and domestic species. For more information, visit www.floorselectusa.com. Interested parties should contact Robert Navarro at 626/581-9515 or robert@floorselectusa.com. Manchester & Associates Inc. (Dallas) has been named a manufacturer representative for Sika Corporation (Lyndhurst, N.J.) in Texas and Oklahoma. For more information, contact Steve Manchester at 214/850-9479 or stm@manchester-rep.com. Dealer/Contractor News McKay Flooring Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland) has moved to a new facility at: 123 Harmony Row Govan, Glasgow, Scotland G51 3NB, United Kingdom. Contact the company by phone at 41-440-1586 or by fax at 41-425-1020. People News Jason Wingo has been named southeastern sales manager for Robina Wood Inc. (Kennesaw, Ga.); Wingo has 11 years' experience in the floor covering industry. Artisan Wood Products (Nashville, Tenn.) has named Ellen Mallernee marketing director and Darrell Moore account manager. Mallernee came to Artisan after serving as editorial director at Gibson Guitar. Moore has nearly 10 years' industry experience and comes to Artisan after working in sales at Jeffco Flooring & Supply. Howell Hardwood Flooring (Dothan, Ala.) has named Mark Deener southwest regional manager to represent Howell's unfinished engineered flooring and made-to-order prefinished flooring in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, area. Deener can be reached at mark.deener@howellflooring.com or 214/802-9980. By the Numbers
The NWFA will hold an Intermediate Installation and Sand & Finish School July 29-31 in Augusta, Ga.; a Custom Design and Finish School Aug. 4-7 at its St. Louis headquarters; and another Intermediate Installation and Sand & Finish School Aug. 19-21 in Tacoma, Wash. For more information, e-mail installationschools@nwfa.org, visit www.nwfa.org, or call 800/422-4556 (U.S. and Canada) or 636/519-9663 (local and international). PPG Wood Coatings (Pittsburgh) will hold a Wood Flooring Knowledge College Aug. 5-6 in Greensboro, N.C. This event will cover the environment, health and safety, application procedures, UV chemistry, wood color, and styling trends. There will also be a hands-on component to the course. It is open to operators, managers and salespeople. NWFA Member Services NWFA members can receive an in-depth view of their customers' financial position using Dunn & Bradstreets' new Comprehensive Financial Report program. This report will help you determine your customers' financial stability, predict future payment habits, and conduct comparisons to industry norms so that you can make informed credit decisions. The cost for the report is $59 per analysis, representing a $100 discount to NWFA members. Contact Bill Nicely at 800/422-4556 or billn@nwfa.org for more information. |
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