Hardwood Floors June/July 2024

BUSINESS BRIEFS

MANUFACTURER MEANDERINGS

New Las Vegas hub Meridian Adhesives Group, parent company of Taylor Adhesives, announced the opening of a new manufacturing and distribution hub in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Berger-Seidle® has appointed Aaron Thompson as its new technical sales manager for North America, focusing on the Upper Midwest territory.

Besse Forest Products Group, a manufacturer of Northern hardwood veneer, lumber, and specialty plywood, was acquired by the Hoffmann Family of Companies. Bjelin has released Woodura Planks 3.0 in Benelux through Your Ecological Parquetry Partner (YEPP). Benelux, the economic union of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, is a new market for Bjelin. Lauzon Distinctive Hardwood Flooring announced a strategic partnership to take over the operations of a log yard in Elizabethtown, New York, previously operated by A. Johnson Co. and the Johnson family of Vermont.

Aaron Thompson

Sika USA has announced Marlene Morin as the new senior director of floor covering.

Stiles Machinery announced Barry Kellar as its new president. Kellar will oversee all North American operations of the HOMAG Group.

Mullican Flooring has named Steve Black the company's quality control manager. Before joining Mullican, he served as the quality assurance manager for QEP for more than 17 years.

Marlene Morin

Barry Kellar

Steve Black

Union Tool Corporation is celebrating its 80th anniversary in 2024. The company acknowledges the invaluable contributions of its past and current employees and says they remain committed to innovation.

Left to right: Nick Simpson (co-vice president), Chuck Simpson (president), and Chas Simpson (co-vice president) of Union Tool Corporation.

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