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TCNA: After decade of growth, ceramic tile market declines in 2019

Floor Covering News

However, the American ceramic tile market did not follow suit and declined for the first time in a decade, the report showed. ceramic tile consumption in 2019 was 2.9 billion square feet of ceramic tile in 2019, down 5.5% Although China remained the largest exporter of ceramic tile to the U.S. billion square feet, down 5.4%

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Toni Cumella: Ceramic Visionary

Diary of a Tile Addict

And this morning I woke up thinking about the work of Toni Cumella: a true ceramic visionary. Born in 1951, the son of ceramicist Antoni Cumella, Toni Cumella studied industrial engineering at Barcelona University before dedicating himself entirely to ceramics in 1970. If so, read on. Parc Guell Restoration by Ceramica Cumella.

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Best of 2017: A Reflection on AC’s Core Values

Architectural Ceramics

Looking back on 2017, it was a good year for tile and for Architectural Ceramics. Architectural Ceramics is without a doubt, a company full of characters. We offer various tile characters: porcelain, ceramic, glass and stone. At Architectural Ceramics, we’re a tile company made up of caring and capable people.

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Get lost in the maze with Refin’s new collection: Labyrinth

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

The Cersaie Tile Fair 2015 concluded at the end of September in Bologna, Italy, bringing together some of the top tile producers and designers in the world, among them, Italian ceramic tile designer, Ceramiche Refin. flooring solutions with designs created in Italy. Ceramiche Refin. In 1998 it became part of the Concorde Group.

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Tidy – chapter 5- Everyday beauty

Making Tile Modern

Modwalls | Colorful Modern Tile Since 2005. Continued from chapter 4 ) Ceramic, glass, porcelain, cement, cork… Margaret remembers retiling the kitchen floor of her apartment when she was in college. The only way Margaret managed to “retile” her floor back then, was with her friend Christine’s help.

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BASIS. Design From The Ground Up.

Making Tile Modern

Modwalls’ founder Rebecca Lonergan designed our new American made ceramic tile collection to meet our clients’ need for cool floor and wall tile that works in residential and commercial environments, both indoor and out. Now to choose the right shower tile, knowing that the floor will be the star of the show.

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Exclusive: One on one with ‘Mr.’ Shaw

Floor Covering News

Feldman and Mr. Shaw talked at length about Engineered Floors (EF), the industry at large and global/national dynamics that are shaping the world today. Realistically, when will Mrs. consumer have an LVT product on her floor that comes out of this plant? million houses in 2005. Let’s take ceramic. Remember, we built 2.3

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