Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

17% — 2018 to present has seen a reduction in Dal-Tile’s energy carbon footprint by 17%. 11% — Reduced energy consumption by 11% at all sales service centers and distribution facilities. 17% — 2018 to present has seen a reduction in Dal-Tile’s energy carbon footprint by 17%.

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Architectural Ceramics

JANUARY 22, 2018

Here is the Best of 2017, inspired by our annual corporate meeting instead of popular products and tile trends. Yes, we’re proud of the products we offer as a member of the tile industry, but we’re also proud of our company’s growth throughout 2017. We’d like to let you in on a bit of what went on.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 3, 2021

There are a number of companies currently building facilities in the Southeast to manufacture rigid core flooring, but few are of the size and scope of Huali Floors—a family-owned business that was started by Huashou Yuan in Taizhou, China, back in 2002. manufactured Huali products rolling off the line in the second quarter of 2021.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 24, 2023

Dallas, Texas—In recognition of Earth Day 2023, sister brands Daltile, Marazzi and American Olean highlighted some of the many sustainable features of its products, processes and company ethos. “As 17%—2018 to present the brands have reduced their carbon footprint by 17%.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 8, 2022

A HF Products’ $107 million purchase of Armstrong Flooring was finalized on July 26, bringing to close a tenuous period of negotiations over the past few weeks. The decision to purchase certain assets of Armstrong Flooring keeps the venerable, century-old brand viable while simultaneously bolstering AHF’s burgeoning portfolio.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 10, 2018

August 6/13, 2018: Volume 34, Issue 4 By Mara Bollettieri Opportunities abound for retailers looking to get into the countertop business. slab market is estimated to be around $5 billion in sales, with half coming from quartz, porcelain and natural stone slabs. But in order to tap into this lucrative product […].

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Valencia, Spain—Tile of Spain manufacturers returned to Spain earlier this month to bring their latest products and innovations to Cevisama, the International Fair for Ceramic Tiles and Bathroom Furnishings. The post Tile of Spain companies present latest innovations at Cevisama appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 26, 2020

As part of its “Made in the USA” initiative, Wellmade Floor Coverings has expanded its manufacturing operations to Bartow County, Georgia, with its first domestic production facility to manufacture rigid core vinyl and other products. A rendering of Wellmade’s new 328,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Bartow, Ga.,

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

This comes after the Ardex Group attained a strategic stake in DTA Tools USA in 2018 and will further the development of a successful market strategy in North America, subsequently offering a more comprehensive experience for both customer groups. And it will help us offer our customers a more extensive product service experience.”.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 12, 2021

While flooring is still largely ruled by well-established legends and pioneers, there’s a new generation in town. Millennials are making a name for themselves in the flooring game, taking the lead on everything from marketing to retail ownership to product design. CEO/president, Nonn’s Kitchen Bath & Flooring.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 18, 2021

Baltimore, Md—Fishman Flooring Solutions, a leading distributor of flooring and flooring installation products, has presented Encircle Products with its 2020 Vendor Partner of the Year Award, recognizing the company for its contributions to Fishman’s sales growth.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2020

floor covering industry sales for 2019 to be a shade above $23 billion and 19.07 That suggests a slightly higher average square foot price for flooring—$.04 Also, on the resilient side, we saw the meteoric rise of SPC/rigid core at the expense of products with traditionally lower price points. 04 to be exact.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

COVID-19 may have slowed growth in some segments of commercial flooring, but not so much on Main Street. By supporting the Main Street segment, it provides more opportunities for our customers to expand their product offering, enabling them to broaden their own customer base,” said Jonathan Cohen, CEO. “In By Ken Ryan.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 15, 2023

—Chilewich has appointment Melissa Villa as senior vice president of contract sales. This position marks Villa’s return to Chilewich, where she served as contract sales director for the New York area from April 2018 through January 2020.

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Architectural Ceramics

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Because lead times for special order tile vary from vendor to vendor, please contact an AC sales associate for an estimated wait-time. The way the collection plays with opposing elements is on trend for 2018: Monet: This colorway features a dark turquoise metallic kiss that contrasts a sheer light base. ″ and 6″ mosaics.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 20, 2020

More than 65% of LVP at Frazier’s Carpet One Floor & Home comes from outside China. The United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) decision to not include floor covering among items granted exemption from the Section 301 tariff was greeted with a collective shrug by flooring retailers. 24, 2018 to Aug. As the Aug.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

—Pat Oakley has become the president of Mullican Flooring, a leading U.S. manufacturer of hardwood flooring , effective Jan. A veteran of the hardwood flooring industry for more than 25 years, Oakley joined the company, based here, in 2000 as a regional sales manager. He was promoted to national sales manager in 2005.

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Architectural Ceramics

MARCH 30, 2018

Download your own 2018 Tile Bracket here. But, for our Director of Product & Merchandising, Julie Taury, she gets fired up about one ceramic tile in particular: “My favorite ceramic is Euphoria from our Sonoma Tilemakers vendor, by far! Want weekly updates about Architectural Ceramics and our product lines?

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Diary of a Tile Addict

JULY 4, 2018

This is the time of year when tile manufacturers start to inform Tile Addict of their plans for Cersaie 2018. For XXL tile manufacturers, the challenge is finding new routes to market – in effect, a new customer base – for this product category. A new post by Joe Simpson, Diary of a Tile Addict, July 2018.

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Architectural Ceramics

APRIL 26, 2018

From the ground up, we’ll see what goes under and over shower floors and walls. With tools for homeowners, architects, contractors and distributors (that’s us) alike, Laticrete is a great resource for tile installation products and learning. Another resource for tile products and continuing education, is Schluter Systems.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 11, 2022

Armstrong Flooring Inc. announced late Sunday that it has agreed to sell substantially all of its North American assets to AHF Products and Gordon Brothers, the latter a global advisory company based in Boston known for liquidating assets. A hearing on the sale is set for Tuesday, July 12. Mountville, Pa.-based

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Floor Covering News

MAY 18, 2021

In the second quarter of 2020, residential carpet sales plummeted 23% in volume and 27.4% When all the numbers were crunched for 2020, FCNews research shows overall carpet sales fell 12.5% Total area rug sales fell an estimated 2% to $2.576 billion in 2020, according to industry estimates. billion in 2019. share of total volume.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

AHF Products has named Derr Flooring its 2018 Hardwood Distributor of the Year. This partnership has withstood the test of time, over 100 years, and has flourished thanks to Derr’s thoughtful leadership and a willingness to adapt in an ever-changing marketplace,” said Chris King, vice president of sales, AHF Products.“Our

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 23, 2023

AHF Products has invested more than $35 million in the Lancaster plant, originally owned by Armstrong Flooring. When AHF Products finalized its purchase of certain assets of the Armstrong Flooring brand last year , there were some question marks about what the company would look like moving forward. M ountville , P a.—What

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

As a relative ‘newbie’ to the industry, I found the depth and breadth of products and services to be astounding—it’s hard to get the scope of the industry until you see how big it really is.”. For Connie Snyder, territory manager/sales representative, PG Long Floor Covering, the show also helped create valuable female connections.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2020

There are two ways to look at the flooring industry as a whole in 2019, depending on whether ones sees the glass as half full or half empty. On one hand, sales eclipsed the $23 billion mark for the first time since 2006. in volume in 2018. FCNews’ exclusive research reveals total 2019 flooring sales topped out at $23.07

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Architectural Ceramics

OCTOBER 12, 2018

The 6″x36″ plank size is in keeping with a traditionally-laid hardwood floor. Come the fall rainy season, don’t forget about the mudroom, where the floor need to stand up to muddy boots. Just like the seasons change, AC is continually developing our product lines to meet current trends and demands.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 18, 2022

By Megan Salzano-Birch—Las Vegas— Coverings 2022 was a showcase in innovative product design and immersive technology, which is thriving within the ceramic and stone category today despite obvious obstacles. Coverings 2022 saw 750 exhibitors and more than 30 countries represented on the show floor. They’re excited to see us.”.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 20, 2020

Sales growth persists despite stumbling blocks. Resilient flooring remains the fastest growing flooring category in the industry, and 2019 again saw it dominate its competitors. Resilient flooring remains the fastest growing flooring category in the industry, and 2019 again saw it dominate its competitors.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 27, 2019

The downward trend began in 2018, and the residential ceramic business slowed for the first three quarters of 2019. Many ceramic leaders agree that by the end of 2019 the category will have remained flat or declined by approximately 3% in both volume and dollar sales. million in 2018, according to the U.S. Commerce Department.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 6, 2022

The Tile Council of North America (TCNA), a trade association representing manufacturers of ceramic tile, tile installation materials, tile equipment, raw materials and other tile-related products, has released its 2021 U.S. This also marks the first increase since 2018. FOB factory sales of domestic shipments were $1.36

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Floor Covering News

MAY 17, 2021

flooring industry was spared—for the most part. Add that to “The Great Migration” as people moved away from big cities and into the suburbs and the result was an acceptable year for the flooring industry. But to just retreat to 2018’s numbers? By Steven Feldman There is no denying that 2020 was a year unlike no other.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

APRIL 22, 2018

Donato Grosser, President of D Grosser and Associates, together with Santo Torcivia, President, Marketing Insights, will break down the ceramic tile marketplace, providing attendees with valuable insight and guidance to be a competitive company in a lecture called How Ceramic Tile Has and Is Forecast to Compete with Other Products.

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Architectural Ceramics

DECEMBER 31, 2017

The flooring, also shown in the Argento color from our Monticello Collection, carries the color seamlessly from the vertical to horizontal surface. Also from 2017, Home & Design Magazine featured Architectural Ceramics as a tile resource in their 2018 Source Book: Bethesda Area Shopping Guide. Hope to see you soon!

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 27, 2022

flooring industry to post record gains as shoppers continued to spend on home improvements in lieu of lavish vacations. flooring industry went on a wild ride dating back to third quarter 2020, which carried through to the end of 2021. And freight expenses once product reached these shores were through the roof.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 11, 2022

Urbanfloor first made a splash in 2018 with its breakthrough Timbertop line—an upper-end hardwood floor offering featuring extra-long lengths, wide boards and a distinctive coloration process that yields unique, eye-catching visuals. But that’s due to the reactive stain on that product.”. 4-inch plank.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 18, 2024

Dallas, Texas—RegalCraft, a leading flooring manufacturer specializing in producing high-quality custom flooring products for OEM distribution or private label markets, has nameed Shane Calloway as president, North America. In 2015, he became VP sales and marketing at Swiff-Train Company and was named president and CEO in 2018.

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