Floor Covering News

APRIL 15, 2024

Louis—Bluegrass Wood Products is the latest company to earn NWFA/NOFMA Mill Certification from the National Wood Flooring Association. NWFA is pleased to welcome Bluegrass Wood Products as the newest NWFA/NOFMA member,” said Michael Martin, NWFA president & CEO.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 17, 2023

W aterproof flooring has flooded the marketplace for several years now—and for good reason. Whether it be via messy children, wayward pets or particularly raucous game nights, today’s flooring consumer is looking to protect their “fifth wall” investments with vigor. Following is a curated sample of some of those options.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 5, 2022

Preliminary FCNews research shows the commercial flooring market totaled $6.488 billion in sales in 2021, an uptick of 6% over 2020. The coronavirus pandemic impacted all sectors of the economy last year as businesses saw supply chains interrupted, demand for products and services decline, and government-mandated closures.

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OCTOBER 27, 2020

—For the 11 th annual Total Solutions Plus Conference by the National Tile Contractors Association, Laticrete, a leading manufacturer of globally proven construction solutions for the building industry, will give attendees a virtual first-hand look at the company’s latest flooring solutions. Products to be showcased. SpectraLock 1.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

By Heidi Steele—With a dizzying array of flooring alternatives today, selecting appropriate finish materials intelligibly is more important than ever. Flooring trends are constantly evolving, waxing and waning in looks and demand as each season passes. What’s driving a return to these classic floors is their obvious enduring beauty.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 29, 2024

—NALFA recently concluded its highly anticipated annual Spring Meeting , hosted at NC State University, and facilitated by the Forest Biomaterials Department’s Hodges Wood Products Technical Services Lab, a lab/educational member of the association. MP Global Products; Pak-Lite, Inc. .; MP Global Products; Pak-Lite, Inc.

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JANUARY 7, 2021

As ceramics become the top cladding option for everywhere from floors to facades to countertops, manufactures are swiftly improving production techniques to meet the needs of the ever-evolving design trends. In this space, ceramic tile is best used as flooring to establish a strong foundation to configure the rest of the room.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 8, 2020

—The Korlok Select and Korlok Reserve rigid core ranges by Karndean Designflooring are among the first rigid core products to meet the standards of the new Assure Certified standard by the Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI) after participating in the pilot program, the company said.

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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 11, 2023

Despite headaches within the economy —namely high interest/mortgage rates— resilient flooring suppliers are pointing to continued growth in 2024. Many supply chain risks remain for products imported from abroad. Challenges include higher inventory costs due to rising interest rates and product stoppages as U.S.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 3, 2022

Professionals representing the SikaTile and Merkrete systems product lines joined Scott Carothers, CTEF director of certification and training, at the 9,000-square-foot tile installation training facility for four days of tailored, hands-on training. The post Sika, Merkrete conduct training at CTEF appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

AHF Products launched a new Quick Ship program featuring 12 Armstrong Flooring LVT options, which are manufactured in Lancaster, Pa. The new Quick Ship collection, Unify, offers a simplified product assortment that meets a variety of design, performance and budget needs to accommodate tight project schedules.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 29, 2024

Ceramin by Inhaus Inhaus is an innovator of cutting-edge flooring solutions. Blending the precision of German engineering with modern design aesthetics, it is committed to crafting beautiful, high-quality floors that are better for the home as well as the overall environment. Ceramin is the newest addition to the Inhaus family.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 29, 2022

By Megan Salzano-Birch—Across all flooring categories suppliers are ramping up their domestic production to meet the needs of their customer base and consumers across the country. AHF Products, for example, has one of the most robust domestic production operations as any supplier in the industry. Somerset, Ky.;

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 24, 2023

Laticrete, a leading manufacturer of construction solutions for the building industry, is adding profiles and trim to its growing roster of tile, stone and flooring installation products, making it a total solutions provider with a complete tile installation system including trim options. Bethany, Conn.—Laticrete,

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Floor Covering News

MAY 16, 2023

Lux Flooring’s SPC products feature a 22-mil thickness and a virgin stone core for added durability. W hile some flooring companies aim to be many different things to many different retailers—providing a breadth of product categories from wood to resilient to ceramic—Lux Flooring’s focus is singular: SPC luxury vinyl flooring.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The product integrates porcelain tile with LED lighting to create a backlit look for users. It’s currently available as a wall tile in three styles—Pyramid White, Wave Black and Stries Calacata—and a floor tile in six colors and two sizes. The products Daltile launched at the show were Divinium, Acreage, Artcrafted and Gamma.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

operations have achieved International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001 and 9001 in 2023. These recertifications demonstrate Mannington’s commitment to providing the highest quality and sustainable products in the industry. “At —Mannington Commercial’s Madison, Ga.,

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Diary of a Tile Addict

JANUARY 27, 2020

Manufactured from clay and other naturally-occurring minerals, ceramic tile does not contain the chemicals present in other floor coverings that are receiving increased attention for their possible adverse health effects, such as formaldehyde, VOCs (volatile organic compounds) or PVC (polyvinyl chloride). Cordoba by Metropolitan.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 5, 2022

By Jacqueline Hinchcliffe — Today’s flooring adhesives tout better grab, faster cure times and overall easier workability, among other key attributes. Following is a sampling of the latest eco-conscious flooring adhesives. Custom Building Products. As a plus, its sound protection meets all local IIC and STC requirements.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 1, 2024

Beyond Calacatta tiles are available in two standard sizes (including 12 x 24 and 24 x 28), two finishes, mosaics and a new 3D Etch wall tile, which designers can use to add complexity and depth to a surface. The post Atlas Concorde USA introduces new collections appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

They don’t make the flooring products consumers buy; they provide the underlying technology that makes the floors they buy even better. Using our TrueGrout technology, suppliers of rigid core flooring and laminate can achieve the same visual without the shortcomings of tile.”

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The London Tile Co.

DECEMBER 8, 2020

As these adhesives are generally not suitable for Porcelain tiles, the most common type of floor tile. E = Indicates Extended Working Time or pot life and can apply to both fast setting and standard setting adhesive. S2 = This indicates that the product is a Highly Deformable adhesive. British Standards.

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The Pulse: Ardex Americas

APRIL 23, 2018

Originally published by Fishman Flooring Solutions. ARDEX Receives 2017 Vendor Partner Award from Fishman Flooring Solutions. ARDEX Americas is a flooring industry pacesetter in developing and manufacturing high-performance products used for concrete repair and resurfacing, substrate preparation and flooring installation.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 7, 2022

As the newest addition to Mohawk Group’s domestically manufactured Large & Local LVT collection, Pattern of Time is designed to combine the comfort and tradition of a wood grain floor with a unique and inventive emergence of color throughout each style. The ultra-wide-and-long 9.25

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 2, 2020

Patcraft has launched its firstnon-woven composite flooring collection, Dichroic. Designed to create an innovative platform for commercial flooring featuring a new option in materiality, the Dichroic collection incorporates the warmth of soft surface and the durability and cleanability of hard surface. Cartersville, Ga.—Patcraft

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Floor Covering News

MAY 11, 2020

Dalton—Novalis Innovative Flooring is one of the first manufacturers to achieve the Assure Certified standard and certification for rigid core luxury vinyl tile (LVT). The standard was established to create a uniform standard of quality for all rigid core LVT, which is the fastest growing sector of resilient flooring in North America.

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Ceramics of Italy

MARCH 18, 2024

This recognition testifies to our international scope as well as our ability to effectively promote Italian-made products in international markets by providing extensive support to our partners and their projects around the world,” says Maurizio Mazzotti , CEO of Atlas Concorde.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Led by our world-class design team, it’s a tribute to our entire company’s commitment to providing architects and designers with a premium product—one that delivers an unmatched combination of style, durability and performance. We’re proud and humbled by the recognition.” Individual planks and tiles are easily removed and replaced if damaged.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2023

Aladdin Commercial products provide end users with both design and performance attributes. billion-plus commercial flooring market, with specified contract representing the lion’s share of sales, preliminary FCNews research shows. The primary floors specified for retail stores include LVT, ceramic tile, hardwood and polished concrete.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 4, 2023

Installation Big Picture (one day, 8 hours): Looks at what it takes to be accurate from prep to finish by examining what the industry standards and methods are, why they exist and how to meet them. Using Methods and Standards (one day, 8 hours): An in-depth study of the industry standards and methods documents and how to use them.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 21, 2022

With supply chain disruptions finally easing, flooring retailers were suddenly awash in new 2022 introductions from their supplier partners this year. This embarrassment of riches produced its fair share of “must-have” offerings spanning all flooring types. Engineered Floors: DW Select. Shaw Floors: STBV.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 8, 2024

“In response to increasing customer demand, we’ve expanded our product offerings to include the Exclusive grade, which has garnered greater interest compared to the Character grade,” said Jérôme Goulet, marketing director at Mirage. The Lock technology returns to the standard Mirage Floors product offering.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The product is among the first in the world to do so, including being the first in the built environment globally and the first of any product made in the U.S., The Cradle to Cradle Certified® Product Standard Version 4.0 The Cradle to Cradle Certified® Product Standard Version 4.0 standard.”.

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AUGUST 15, 2022

Solon, Ohio—Tarkett North America has refreshed and expanded its iQ Granit collection and introduced coordinating iQ Eminent collection within its high-performance homogeneous vinyl sheet and tile products. These aren’t just floors—they’re the essential foundation to creating spaces for holistic wellness.”.

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MARCH 23, 2022

Las Vegas—The Ceramic Tile Education Foundation (CTEF) invites the tile industry to its booth (N3163) at Coverings 2022, taking place here, April 5-8, 2022 , for a demonstration of “GPTP By the Standard” and to witness the Mud Walls and Mud Floors Advanced Certifications for Tile Installers (ACT) program tests. to noon and 3 p.m.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Mozelos, Portugal—Amorim Cork Composites launched a new product range of cork with by-products from other industries, the Acousticork by Amorim, which provides sound insulation and impact noise control in buildings. The Acousticork range also includes underscreeds to meet the most demanding acoustic requirements.

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