5.1.08 | New York, NY |Material ConneXion will host Taction, an exhibition designed by Fabric Images Inc., a Chicago-based, worldwide supplier of printable and non-printable fabric architecture, during the 2008 International Contemporary Furniture Fair. Fabric Images, Inc. will create a unique architectural installation of Instincts, a new line of poly-dimensional sensory textiles. The exhibition, which will also celebrate the opening of Fabric Images, Inc., NYC, will be on view at Material ConneXion at 127 West 25th Street, 2nd Floor, from May 14-June 15, 2008. 

2.2.08 | Lancaster, PA | Armstrong Commercial Floors introduced several new collections of Commercial Hardwood Flooring including Premier Performance Hardwood, Armstrong Locking Hardwood, Heritage Classics Collection, Century Farm, Metro Classics, Beckford Plank Collection, and Valenza Exotics Engineered Hardwood. Armstrong’'s engineered floors, made of 100% hardwood, are high performance products.  They are made by bonding several wood layers together, with the feature species on the surface. Engineered wood flooring can be used virtually anywhere, even over concrete or below grade. www.armstrong.com/flooring

1.23.08 | New York, NY | TioxoClean Inc., announced that its TioxoFresh coatings for fabrics and its self-cleaning TioxoClean surface treatments for walls and other rigid surfaces were certified SCS Indoor AdvantageGold, becoming the first water-based, photocatalytic, air purifying surface treatment in the world to receive certification. TioxoFresh, for use on fabrics and textiles, is 99.5% water and 0.5% mineral  and contains no enzymes, solvents or perfumes. TioxoClean forms a mineral film that uses light to actively protect nearly all materials from buildup or any organic matter.  It creates a self-cleaning and odor-eliminating surface for reduced maintenance.