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Publication: Plastics News
Publication Date: 03-OCT-05 		Format: Online
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Full Article Title: Processor News.(Briefs)(Tarkett Inc. and Mannington Mills Inc. relocates their tile facility)(Rempac Foam Corp. plans expansion)(joint venture of Smurfit Stone Container Corp. of Chicago and EIJ Packaging Inc.)

Article Excerpt
Tarkett relocates its tile facility to Texas

HOUSTON - Tarkett Inc. and its partner have closed a plant that made vinyl composite floor tiles in Vails Gate, N.Y., and moved production to a Houston facility.

Tarkett's commercial division and Mannington Mills Inc. started production at the Houston site Sept. 2. The site, a Tarkett Commercial operation, was expanded to handle the extra production for a new venture, called Texas Tile Manufacturing LLC.

Tarkett and Mannington closed the Vails Gate operation in early September, putting about 160 employees out of work.

"Due to the overcapacity of vinyl composition tile in the resilient-flooring industry, it is necessary to reduce the number of production facilities to increase efficiencies,''...

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