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Back to Basics: AC’s Ceramic Tile Collections

Architectural Ceramics

This collection’s features make it an easy option to mix and match with other natural stone or porcelain tile: 3″ x 6″ field tile with coordinating bullnose and trim profiles. clean, off-white color. Porcelain: Let’s expand on the notion that a porcelain is a type of ceramic tile. glossy finish.

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Chinese Tariffs and their Effect on the Tile Industry

Architectural Ceramics

Many people have asked us about how the newly implemented Chinese tariffs will affect the tile and flooring industry. for unglazed ceramic 10% for unglazed porcelain 8.5% for glazed ceramic and porcelain 2.7% It only impacted glazed and unglazed ceramic and porcelain. An influx of porcelain tile factories in the U.S.

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Avente Tile Talk: Islamic Star Patterns in Tile Design

Tile Talk

Iran or Central Asia, 15th Century. These tiles were commonly used as floor and wall applications and to decorate mihrabs , the architectural niches in mosques. Early Islamic tiles involved a simple process of cutting single color, small tile fragments and assembled with the use of liquid plaster. floor tile. cement tile.

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FCNews 2nd annual FCNnovation Awards winners

Floor Covering News

These awards honor groundbreaking ideas and industry-changing concepts that have the potential to impact the way flooring is manufactured, promoted and sold. Premier Flooring Center. For retail sales associates, PFC is intended to be the easiest way to sell flooring—with confidence and simplicity. Europe and Asia/Pacific.

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STATS: Tile sales decline, comeback looms large

Floor Covering News

In the grand scheme of things, the category still held strong as the third-largest sector in flooring, representing 12.4% Tile flooring, more so than most others, requires installation by highly trained and even artisanal tradespeople. Volume also experienced a drop off, registering a 3.5% of total industry dollars in 2020 and 12.7%

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Contract market looks to weather the storm

Floor Covering News

Pictured is Daltile’s Vertuo, a mix and match collection of porcelain tile featuring two different nature-inspired looks. economy—and the commercial flooring market is no exception. Heading into 2020, commercial flooring was on pace to sustain modest growth across the board. Leading the pack, of course, is resilient flooring.

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The Industry Disrupters of 2020

Floor Covering News

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.