Hardwood Floors December 2025/January 2026

BUSINESS BRIEFS

MANUFACTURER MEANDERINGS American Hardwood Assured (AHA) is up and running to provide companies with deforestation-free due diligence statements and county-level harvest origin GPS data. This platform is free of charge through at least 2027 thanks to USDA funding and support from American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) members. To sign up, visit aha.hardwood.us/register. AHF Products has announced it will wind down production at its Somerset, Kentucky facility by December 12, 2025. Operations will be transitioned to other AHF facilities. Beno J. Gundlach Company has acquired Ceno USA, a floor prep and finish equipment company. Lauzon Distinctive Hardwood Flooring has appointed Scott Burega as director of business development USA (Mid-Atlantic) and key accounts manager. Meridian has entered into a definitive agreement to divest its Flooring Adhesives Division – including the Taylor Adhesives, Polycom, and Frontier Products brands – to Avery Dennison. Upon closing, the flooring business will be integrated into Avery Dennison’s materials group business.

Mullican Flooring is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Founded in 1985 along the banks of the Greenbrier River in Ronceverte, West Virginia, Mullican Flooring has grown from a small lumber operation into a leading manufacturer of hardwood floors. The company is now headquartered in Johnson City, Tennessee.

Nydree Flooring, a Forest, Virginia-based manufacturer of acrylic infused engineered wood flooring announces the retirement of Barry Brubaker as president. He will remain an owner in the company as his son, Jason Brubaker, assumes the role of president.

Jason Brubaker

Bona highlights new training facility

Bona® has opened a new Bona Regional Training Center in Rancho Cordova, California. The facility houses a training area with classroom spaces and 1,100-square-feet of real wood flooring, including red oak, white oak, and maple.

DISTRIBUTOR DOINGS All Surfaces has opened their latest distribution facility and showroom in Nashville, Tennessee. The company distributes flooring and related installation supplies in 17 states.

Herregan Distributors Inc. has entered a partnership to carry Mullican Flooring’s full 3/4” solid and engineered prefinished line of products. In addition to its corporate headquarters in Eagan, Minnesota, Herregan serves more than 3,500 dealers at eight locations across the U.S. Midwest.

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