Floor Covering News

MARCH 9, 2021

As it turns out, the flooring industry has its disrupters as well. For the flooring industry, the pandemic has caused major supply chain disruptions that impacted manufacturers and distributors and, eventually, retailers—who at times throughout 2020 were out of stock on certain products. Supply chain issues persist to this day.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

JANUARY 27, 2020

Ceramic tile is not only beautiful, it is also healthy for your home. So states a Bulletin from TCNA (Tile Council of North America)s. The Bulletin notes that tile is also long-lasting, easy to clean, fire-safe, and offers many slip-resistant choices. Ceramic tile contains none of the formaldehyde found in some floor coverings.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

T he waterproof flooring story isn’t just about the latest rigid core/SPC offerings hitting the market. As FCNews ’ 2021 Ultimate Waterproof Guide bears out, other categories—including laminate, tile and engineered wood—are benefiting by the waterproof/water-resistant craze that is clearly resonating with consumers. in 2020 vs. 2019.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

To validate that commitment, the company has introduced its first entirely carbon neutral tile with its collection Plaster 2.0. The company holds several certifications for its ongoing efforts in sustainability, including Green Squared, a multi-attributed ANSI standard. It’s time now to take responsibility.”.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

February 17/24, 2020: Volume 35, Issue 17. Las Vegas—Six manufacturers were voted best of class in the 2020 Best of Surfaces competition, a contest sponsored by Floor Covering News and Informa Exhibitions, which owns and operates The International Surface Event (TISE). Best Booth Design (over 1,200 square feet): Dal-Tile.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 10, 2020

Atlanta—Interface has placed in Fast Company ’s prestigious annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2020. Interface is honored in the Energy category for its Carbon Neutral Floors program. The post Interface named to Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2020 appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The Ceramic Tile Education Foundation ( CTEF ) will celebrate generosity on Giving Tuesday 2020 by highlighting the opportunities available to provide education and installer certification programs for ceramic tile and stone industry professionals. “I Pendleton, S.C.—The Giving Tuesday takes place Dec. What is Giving Tuesday?

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 28, 2021

By Reginald Tucker Floor Covering News , with the launch of The Great Reveal, is providing manufacturers with creative ways to get their new flooring products in front of specialty retailers around the country so they may be better prepared to present consumers with new products, colors and designs to help them complete their renovation projects.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 8, 2020

—David Allen Company has joined Fuse Alliance, a member-owned organization of professional commercial flooring contractors, as a new member. “As Celebrating 100 years in business in 2020, David Allen Company performs commercial installations across the U.S. We’re delighted to welcome them to the Fuse family.”.

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Granada Tile

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Cement tile has been in use since the 19 th Century, but over the past few years, there’s been a resurgence in its popularity, and for great reason. Cement tiles are ideal for almost any area that’s not going to experience extreme freezing temperatures. Cement Tiles in Restaurants.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 11, 2023

—Mannington Commercial announced that its operations located here have achieved International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001 recertification. The Calhoun location manufactures commercial broadloom carpet, modular carpet tile, rubber and residential rigid core flooring products. million kWh).

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 25, 2020

Armstrong Flooring is offering a series of online continuing education unit courses in April to make it easy for designers to enhance their knowledge and earn CEUs even when in-person sessions aren’t an option. Health, wellness & specifying LVT – Thursday, April 9, 2020, 1 p.m. Lancaster, Pa.—Armstrong

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 10, 2020

Coverings, the largest international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America, will expand on its digital experience, Coverings Connected. 26, 2020, hosted on Coverings’ website, and it will be followed by successive Coverings Connected experiences during 2020 and 2021. 23, 2021—National Tile Day.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Patcraft has introduced its latest carpet tile collection, Artful & Textured. As a carpet tile with EcoWorx backing, the collection can be recycled at the end of its useful life to then be remade into EcoWorx flooring through the re[TURN] Reclamation Program. Cartersville, Ga.—

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Floor Covering News

JULY 15, 2021

The Ceramic Tile Education Foundation (CTEF) created the Dan Hecox Service Award to be given out annually at Coverings. CTEF said Hecox’s passion, willingness to help attitude, commitment to the tile industry and tile installation excellence were beyond description. Orlando, Fla.— John Roberts CTI #1278.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

—CTEF, the Ceramic Tile Education Foundation, has organized an online auction to take place in October to raise funds in support of its mission, which the COVID-19 pandemic has severely threatened. EDT and includes more than 50 items of particular relevance to tile installation professionals. Flooring products. 26 at 10 a.m.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 26, 2023

Carlos Mongalo pioneered the NFCAP in 2020. Bostik will partner with The National Flooring Contractors Apprenticeship Program (NFCAP) to aid in the group’s nationwide training program. Launched in 2020, the group offers an apprenticeship agenda registered with the Department of Labor. Wauwatosa, Wis.—Bostik

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Tile of Spain USA

DECEMBER 29, 2020

If there is one material that can offer that complete package, it is ceramic tile. And this is an area where Tile of Spain manufacturers are relentlessly progressing in new production processes. Innovations in Spain’s ceramic tile sector do not stop at hygiene and strength. Keraben Grupo, Lifeker Plus+ with Mircoban®.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 15, 2021

close to 10,000 attendees showed up to view the latest and greatest trending tiles. “I The show floor was indeed abuzz with high-energy meetings, product demonstrations and educational opportunities. Micah Hand, director of marketing and product development for Florida Tile, also noted the quality of attendees at the show. “I

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Diary of a Tile Addict

MAY 4, 2020

Over the next two months we will be continuing with our covering of Coverings due to its cancellation, maintaining the flow of tile information going world-wide. A new post by Hanna Simpson, Diary of a Tile Addict, May 2020. RE-TOUR Fog. As the name implies, RE-TOUR marks the return of the aesthetic of French rustic stones.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In years past, Florim USA has shared winning booths with its parent company, presenting tile produced and distributed in both countries. The MileStone brand is centered on sustainable tile made in the USA,” said Rodolfo Panisi, Florim USA’s CEO. Recently, the brand released the first 32 x 32 tile manufactured in the U.S.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Daltile’s new Defend is a distinct product line of high-performance ceramic tile featuring Microban technology, which will not wash off or wear away. By Megan Salzano-Birch—After two years of slow decline, the tile category is back on top. ceramic tile consumption rose 23.7% billion square feet of ceramic tile, up 34.8%

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Diary of a Tile Addict

MAY 8, 2020

Playing with grout lines, Zip offers unique decorative effects with shaped edges alongside its standard 600 by 600mm and 600 by 1,200mm pieces. Subtle texture and a matte finish emphasise the neutrality of the tiles, ensuring the decorative grout lines take pride of place. Zip Ivory White. Zip Ivory White. Zip Ivory White.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 30, 2024

Co nventional wisdom would suggest that softening conditions in the new home construction market over the past eight to 10 months might put a damper on laminate flooring sales in that bellwether sector. Wood-based floors—including and especially laminate—are selling well.” However, several major suppliers said that was not the case.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 18, 2021

By Ken Ryan If not for an anomalously bad second quarter created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the carpet category may well have celebrated an upturn in 2020 after several mediocre years. In the second quarter of 2020, residential carpet sales plummeted 23% in volume and 27.4% Flooring, including carpet, got a share of that spend.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

JANUARY 31, 2020

Product quality, design, innovation, Italian origin, and sustainability are all key components of the Italian ceramic tile industry’s success. The Italian tile industry has analysed the product’s environmental impacts over its entire life cycle by means of a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). of Italian ceramic tile production.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

When it comes to a home remodel, new build or anything in between, the flooring itself is usually what steals the show during the purchase process—and rightfully so. The flooring will more or less provide the backdrop for the design of the space or just simply serve as the place we live our lives on day in and day out.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Armstrong Flooring has received Platinum Awards for Design Excellence (ADEX) for four products: MedinPure PVC-Free Sheet; Unbound Luxury Flooring; Parallel USA Luxury Flooring; and Empower Rigid Core. Additionally, MedinPure was recognized as a Best of 2020 Product. Lancaster, Pa.— Parallel USA. Manufactured in the U.S.,

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 21, 2020

Tile Council of North America (TCNA), the trade association representing producers of ceramic tile, tile installation materials and related products in North America, has entered into what it calls a transformative collaboration to provide industry-wide material ingredient transparency. Anderson, S.C.—Tile

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 10, 2020

The meteoric rise of the resilient flooring category can be directly attributed to the performance of subcategories such as SPC and rigid core, which doubled in terms of volume and more than doubled in terms of dollars between 2018 and 2019. Flooring mainstays Shaw and Mohawk continue to make their mark. Shaw Floors’ new Floorte?

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 22, 2020

Presented by ASID as part of the 2020 Virtual Internship, a series of conversations between designers and reps as they review new products. Designing with tile. Recent trends and changes in tile design including installation methods and requirements, quality assurance methods and standards. Tuesday, June 23, 10 – 11 CDT.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 28, 2020

It would be an understatement to say the industry—and most of the world—is glad to see 2020 go. Dealers across the country can expect the new year’s product introductions to run the gamut from innovative waterproof flooring to next steps in stain-resistant carpet to anti-microbial resilient planks and everything in between.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In 2020, Osterhout served as the chair of the NSI’s R.I.S.E. Arcot’s advocacy in the human rights space greatly complements the sustainable work practices that exist through NSI’s third-party verified Natural Stone Sustainability Standard (ANSI/NSI 373) and the NSI Accreditation program.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Katie’s generous contributions to the industry have previously been celebrated through her receipt of the Natural Stone Institute’s 2020 Person of the Year award, recognizing her dedicated leadership impacts and extensive support to the association’s executive team during the year. To learn more, visit www.naturalstoneinstitute.org/migliore.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 27, 2021

Armstrong Flooring is boldly walking into the future with a revitalized brand, an optimized collection of flooring products and adaptive solutions for its customers. The company continues to evolve as a leading global manufacturer of flooring products and one of the industry’s most trusted and celebrated brands. Floors for all.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 6, 2021

By Megan Salzano After a two-year hiatus, Coverings 2021 , the largest international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America, will host its in-person trade show event July 7-9, in Orlando, Fla., The pandemic caused the show to cancel its 2020 event just one month prior to its scheduled kickoff date. “Now

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 2, 2021

In-person flooring events have been few and far between since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020. and there is no surer sign of this in the flooring industry than the return of The International Surface Event (TISE) , also known as Surfaces, the industry’s largest domestic show. It is ideal for homes with pets and kids.

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