Article: New product in tough industry; Amid stiff competition, head of family-owned leather firm takes floor tile on the road.(Business)

Byline: LARRY RULISON Business writer

JOHNSTOWN - Bobby Carville is hoping that people will be walking all over his latest product.

Carville, president of Carville National Leather Corp., a family-owned tannery business in Johnstown, is working hard these days to drum up interest in his new collection of leather tiles, which are sold through a new company he created called Pelle Arte Inc.

It's been a long road. Carville started working on developing his first leather tile product about six years ago, and after some starts and stops he believes he's perfected the product. Earlier in the spring, Carville set up a display of the tiles at a major ...

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