Hardwood Floors April/May 2025

BUSINESS BRIEFS

MANUFACTURER MEANDERINGS AHF PRODUCTS has announced the departure of Brian Carson, president and CEO, following a six-year tenure at the helm of the company. Brent Emore, CFO for AHF, has assumed the role of interim CEO. BELLA CITTA FLOORS has launched its newly rebranded website, bellacittafloors.com. BONA® has appointed CLAY COVINGTON as vice president of professional sales for North America. BJELIN GROUP has announced the signing of an agreement whereby funds managed by Strategic Value Partners LLC will make a €200 million preferred equity investment in Bjelin Group to facilitate its long-term growth.

Groundbreaking GEMINI INDUSTRIES, INC. broke ground on its new warehouse facility in El Reno, Oklahoma. Set to span 52,000-square feet, construction is scheduled to be completed by the summer of 2025.

GUTCHESS LUMBER CO., INC. has released a new children’s book, THE HARDWOOD HEROES, to educate children on the role trees play in the world and the benefits of sustainable forestry on the environment. MAPEI CORPORATION has entered its second

KÄHRS AMERICAS has announced the retirement of BUD LOPEZ, a valued member of the team who joined the company in November 1997. Additionally, Kährs promoted Kevin Weinus to inventory and operations manager and Diane Marquardt to office and personnel manager. UZIN UTZ NORTH AMERICA INC. has appointed MARCO LUDWIG as president.

Bud Lopez

year of partnership with Andretti Global for the 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season. MAPEI will serve as the primary sponsor for the No. 98 car that will be driven by Marco Andretti during the 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 25, 2025. In Memoriam

Marco Ludwig

With sadness, we share that JOEL LEFKOWITZ passed away on January 16, 2025, at the age of 66. Lefkowitz was the former president of Hoboken Floors and later was the president of Allstate Flooring. He was the 2002 recipient of the National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) Leadership Award.

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