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Japanese delegation floored by Chattanooga manufacturer

Posted on: 09-13-2014 by Elizabeth Yokel

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Hi everybody. During my web search, I found a news item, recently published at timesfreepress.com,, about contractors traveling from Japan to Chatanooga in order to learn how to apply graphics on gym floors at Praters Inc. This news item, written by their staff, informs readers that over the past two decades, Prater's Flooring has emerged as the leading producer of graphic and painted designs for athletic floors at some of the top basketball and other sporting venues in the world.

Prater just returned from the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup championship in Spain where his company installed the tournament's basketball court floors. Earlier this week, he hosted a delegation in Chattanooga from representatives of eight top Japanese flooring and distribution companies.

Contractors from six Japanese flooring companies traveled to Chattanooga to learn how to apply graphics on gym floors at Prater's Flooring Inc. Four of the contractors work on a graphic in the warehouse at Prater's Flooring, Inc. in Chattanooga.

Prater's employees installs floors around the Southeast United States. But the company's graphics and floor designs also are sold and shipped to other distributors and installers elsewhere in the country, and increasingly around the world.

"Our decals perform like your gym floor because they are coated like your gym floor," said Debbie Prater, John's wife and an associate in the business. Prater said company revenues should approach $10 million this year, according to the news item. More at timesfreepress.com.

Sincerely,

Elizabeth Yokel

FCM’s Publisher

Link (Thread Shown):

www.timesfreepress.com/news/2014/sep/13/japanese-delegation-floored-by-local/

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