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2014 Porcelain Tile Certification Update

The Tile Council of North America Blog

The Porcelain Tile Certification Agency (PTCA) is pleased to announce the growing number of product lines qualifying as porcelain in its certification program. Launched in 2008 this program directly benefits manufacturers, distributors, and end-users, which are all impacted by the misrepresentation of non-porcelain tile as porcelain.

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Avente Tile Talk: Artisan Porcelain Tiles for the Pool

Tile Talk

Artisan Porcelain Tiles for the Pool. Along with washing the outdoor furniture, cleaning the grill for upcoming BBQs, and testing outdoor equipment, you shouldnt forget to refresh and update the look of your swimming pool with richly colored, hand-painted porcelain tiles. Artisan Porcelain Tiles for the Pool. at 6:00 AM.

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Avente Tile Talk: Porcelain Tiles from Spain and the World Cup

Tile Talk

Porcelain Tiles from Spain and the World Cup. of Spanish TECHLAM® porcelain panels cover the Arena Corinthians stadium in Brazil. The tiles are TECHLAM ® NEU porcelain panels developed and. Further, Tile of Spain mentions that this "cutting-edge porcelain material is highly resistant to. Tuesday, June 17, 2014.

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Terra Home Ceramics: birds, blossoms, butterflies on porcelain

Lingua Terra Tile

Luxury art tile, hand built porcelain vessels, and porcelain jewelry by artist Bronwyn Simons. birds, blossoms, butterflies on porcelain. Fresh from the kiln: porcelain lovebird vases. Hand built from porcelain slabs, hand painted with motifs derived from Chinoiserie wallpaper. Labels: Porcelain Vessels.

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Joaquin Piquet: ceramic visionary

Diary of a Tile Addict

Ecoker (2008), formulation of a porcelain paste with firing for 27 minutes at normal working temperature. Thousands of square meters were manufactured, but the 2008 crisis made further production unnecessary. During the last fifteen years, Neos has been awarded five Alfa de Oro awards. In

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Avente Tile Talk: Patterned Tiles are Power Play at Coverings 2014

Tile Talk

I was thrilled to see porcelain tiles paying homage to traditional and contemporary cement tile patterns. And remember, while the look is that of hand-crafted cement, these tiles are made entirely of porcelain. As an advocate of hand-crafted ceramic and cement tile, I felt more connection than ever to these new porcelain tiles.

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Avente Tile Talk: Innovation, Design Take Center Stage at Cersaie

Tile Talk

With the close of the 30th edition of Cersaie, the International Exhibition of Ceramics for Architecture and Bathroom Furnishings held annually in Bologna, Italy, once again proved itself as the launching pad for newly developed ceramic, porcelain, glass and mosaic tile products that will soon hit showrooms and the marketplace.

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