The parent company of Gunlocke (HNI) purchased HBF a while back; and the parent company decided on a national basis that they would move representation of the HBF lines (furniture & textiles) from independent reps to the representatives for Gunlocke. This change is officially supposed to…
Announcements
We learned from one of the last employees at NOOD, that they discontinued all styles as of the end of January 2012 and have no plans to re-introduce the line.
Barbara Shipley is no longer representing Wilsonart Laminate through Reico Distributors. Reico has taken on the distributorship of the Nevamar/Pionite laminate lines. Barbara will now be representing those lines.
Michael Milner continues to be the Wilsonart factory representative.
One of our local Johnsonite sales reps, Elizabeth Turner, has taken on a new role with the company. For the time being, Donna Sisson, well be taking over all of the local architecture/design accounts. You can find Donna's contact info in the following link :…
Our lead librarian, Lynne Boyle, had been hearing rumors that the carpet manufacturer, NOOD was potentially going out of business. So she picked up the phone and called them directly to get the scoop. The service representative informed Lynne that there were minimums of 2500 sq/yds for…
Renewed Materials, the manufacturer of the Alkemi solid surface product, is undertaking some major changes in manufacturing equipment. During this period the Alkemi Acrylic product will be out of production. However, the Alkemi Polyster product should remain in production and be available. …
DBL (David Burrows Limited) has taken over the Sina Pearson fabric line. The outside sales reps for the group are :
Fortune Carpet, formerly represented soley by Yvonne Kovacic, is now also being represented by ALKS. Yvonne, while still a factory represetative for Fortune, is now also representing the full ALKS portfolio of products.
Leslie Jones, an experiened interior design professional has joined Mosaic Tile Company. Leslie's e-mail address is: LJones@mosaictileco.com
Stephanie Hanson, former rep for Corian/Zodiaq and most recently of Icestone, has taken a position with Stone Source. She will mostly be servicing architecture and design firms in Maryland. For Stephanie's contact information please go to her profile, linked as follows :…