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In 2011, Armstrong's net sales were $2.86 billion, with operating income of $239.2 million. [17] Armstrong Cabinets was sold by Armstrong World Industries to American Industrial Partners on October 31, 2012. Armstrong spun off its flooring business into a new company, Armstrong Flooring (NYSE: AFI) on April 1, 2016.
John Armstrong Jr. lived at Rokeby following his retirement in 1814 until his death at home in 1843, and is buried in the cemetery in Rhinebeck. William and Rebecca Astor's daughter Emily married Samuel Cutler Ward, brother of Julia Ward Howe. Their daughter, Margaret Astor Ward (1838-1875) married John Winthrop Chanler (1826-1877). [2]
Armstrong Flooring is a Pennsylvania corporation incorporated in 2016. It was spun off as an independent entity from Armstrong World Industries in April 2016. The company manufactures flooring products in the US in Beech Creek, Pennsylvania; Jackson, Mississippi; Kankakee, Illinois; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; South Gate, California; and Stillwater, Oklahoma; and internationally in Shanghai ...
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A dropped ceiling is a secondary ceiling, hung below the main (structural) ceiling. It may also be referred to as a drop ceiling, T-bar ceiling, false ceiling, suspended ceiling, grid ceiling, drop in ceiling, drop out ceiling, or ceiling tiles and is a staple of modern construction and architecture in both residential and commercial applications.
A subset of the dropped ceiling is the suspended ceiling, wherein a network of aluminum struts, as opposed to drywall, are attached to the joists, forming a series of rectangular spaces. Individual pieces of cardboard are then placed inside the bottom of those spaces so that the outer side of the cardboard, interspersed with aluminum rails, is ...
It was the home of William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, founder of the Armstrong Whitworth armaments firm. An industrial magnate , scientist, philanthropist and inventor of the hydraulic crane and the Armstrong gun , Armstrong also displayed his inventiveness in the domestic sphere, making Cragside the first house in the world to be lit ...
Modifications made for the military configuration included fore-and-aft seating for a pilot and observer, instead of the six seats of the civilian version; installation of view panels in the doors (for improved ground observation); installation of flame-retardant foam in the wing-mounted fuel tanks (slightly increasing weight, and reducing ...