Her husband worked from 2001 until last August at Hardwoods of Morristown, a wood-floor maker, earning $8.75 an hour splitting planks with a whirring saw.
Armstrong, which is North America's largest vinyl-flooring maker, told the Securities and Exchange Commission two years ago that its asbestos liability could reach $1.36 billion by 2006.
Last year paid $1.1 billionfor DowBrands (Saran Wrap).Also bought no-slip-floor maker ECOT and Samsung's pesticide unit".
Last year paid $1.1 billion for DowBrands (Saran Wrap).Also bought no-slip-floor maker ECOT and Samsung's pesticide unit.
The nation's second-largest carpet and flooring maker netted $280 million on $5.6 billion in revenue in the 12 months ended Apr. 3.
In 1958, when he was 35, the press dubbed him "the boy wonder of Wall Street" when he seized control of hardwood flooring maker E.L. Bruce Co. with a brazen, open-market share buyout.
On traditional trading floors, market makers can provide even greater liquidity, but they do not reveal the total number of contracts they are willing to trade.
The nation's leading floor-covering maker beat both the Russell and S&P midcap value indexes for nine months and for the third quarter.
In 2013 the company acquired the ceramic-tile maker Marazzi Group of Italy for $1.5 billion and laminate flooring manufacturer Pergo for $150 million.
