After Armstrong Flooring Inc. sold its hardwood flooring business to a private equity firm, a wood product scientist with 16 years of experience with the company left to form his own business.

Wood flooring manufacturer AHF Products expects to close on a deal next month with a Texas-based competitor.

A Cumberland County flooring company has been approved for a state loan to help fund a potential building project it is eyeing in a neighboring township. The Wolf administration announced Wednesday that Commercial Flooring Professionals Inc. in Hampden Township was approved for a $200,000, 15-year loan through the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority program. The Cumberland Area Economic Development Corp. would ...