Excerpts from Mohawk Industries’ third quarter earnings conference call featuring opening remarks delivered by Jeff Lorberbaum, Mohawk, Chairman and CEO.

Excerpts from Mohawk Industries’ third quarter earnings conference call featuring opening remarks delivered by Jeff Lorberbaum, Mohawk, Chairman and CEO.

Excerpts from Mohawk Industries’ third quarter earnings conference call featuring opening remarks delivered by Jeff Lorberbaum, Mohawk, Chairman and CEO.

Paul Ashman, president, ERCS, from the Carpet America Recovery Effort, CARE discusses Tornado Technology, a new technology developed by his company to remove the calcium carbonate from sheared carpet backing. Ashman offers an update of the number of trials that have been run on the equipment over the past months and their results.

Lew Migliore, The Industry's Trouble Shooter, president, LGM Technical Flooring Services discusses a problem he was called in on involving carpet beetles, what is real and what is fiction as it relates to these insects and some of the specific problems he has seen involving this issue.

John Simonson, president, Webstream Dynamics and Bill Jopling, CEO at TW Flooring Group talk about the two groups joining forces to offer flooring retailer custom websites. Also discussed is the state of industry retailer websites.

John Simonson, president, Webstream Dynamics and Bill Jopling, CEO at TW Flooring Group talk about the two groups joining forces to offer flooring retailer custom websites. Also discussed is the state of industry retailer websites.

John Simonson, president, Webstream Dynamics and Bill Jopling, CEO at TW Flooring Group talk about the two groups joining forces to offer flooring retailer custom websites. Also discussed is the state of industry retailer websites.

Werner Braun, president, Carpet & Rug Institute discusses the California Extended Producer Responsibility legislation, a program involving the diversion of post-consumer from landfills and the other states that have contemplated passing such legislation. Braun discusses the association’s stance on such legislation and its ongoing efforts with state officials and legislators to avert it.

Jim Gould, president, Floor Covering Institute discusses the changes Hanley Wood has announced with Surfaces: the introduction of Tile Expo into the Las Vegas show and the launching of the International Surface Event East, in Miami Beach. Gould also looks at the upcoming Domotex Asia Chinafloor show, Mohawk’s recently announced Continuum Process PET and Beaulieu’s move into hard surface.