Hardwood Floors June/July 2025

BUSINESS BRIEFS

MANUFACTURER MEANDERINGS

Celebrating 40 years Cantek America, a

Bjelin has announced the formation of Bjelin Group, which consolidates seven companies under one structure fully owned by

supplier of solid wood and panel processing machinery for the North American market, is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2025. Akhurst Machinery Group is the parent company of the Cantek brand. Huber Engineered Woods (HEW), one of the companies within the family-owned J.M. Huber Corporation (Huber) portfolio of businesses, has announced that Kirk Blanchette will succeed Brian Carlson, who will be retiring as of July 1, 2025, as the president of HEW.

Pervanovo Invest AB. Fredrik Alfredsson, formerly global head of sales, has been appointed CEO of Bjelin Group. Corey Dickerson has joined Beno J.

Fredrik Alfredsson

Gundlach Company as national sales manager. As Havwoods embarks on its milestone 50th anniversary year, the company has acquired Castle Bespoke Flooring. Floorcloud has rebranded to CLiMIT, a play on the word “climate.”

PALLMANN marks its 125th anniversary in 2025 with a year-long celebration themed “125 Years of PALLMANN POWER.” PALLMANN’s story began in 1900 in Munich, Germany, where Georg Pallmann established a factory for shoe polish and leather care products. He later expanded into wood preservatives, laying the foundation for the company’s

PHOTO COURTESY OF PALLMANN

future. Today, Pallmann GmbH is a provider of wood flooring finishing products and systems. With 120 employees, PALLMANN serves customers in 50 countries.

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