CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

(ARLINGTON, VA—February 12, 2019) Coverings ( coverings.com ), the largest international tile & stone exhibition and conference in North America, will honor the beauty and durability of tile this National Tile Day as the February 23 observance enters its third year.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

APRIL 26, 2019

The Hard Surfaces & Natural Stone Show is fast approaching. Barriers between natural stone and ceramics in the tile sector have long since broken down. This gives a pleasing feel to the popular stone pattern. For the next few days we will take a sneak peek at some of the offerings in store.

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Ceramic Industry Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

Organizers of Cevisama, the international fair for ceramic tiles, bathrooms and natural stone, recently reported positive results for the 2019 event.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 2, 2023

Las Vegas—A revitalized Mandalay Bay facility, an impressive exhibit hall, education and event lineup and a strong floor covering, stone and tile industry were evident as The International Surface Event (TISE) held here earlier this year. program, and industry support for our Foundation’s Mission Possible cash and car raffle.”

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Architectural Ceramics

MAY 24, 2019

The fashion industry often influences retailers; did you see our post about the 2019 PANTONE Color of the Year ? Now that Memorial Day Weekend is here, it’s time to kick off the unofficial start of summer with 5 tile collections, available with Architectural Ceramics of course, that feature white in a big way.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

MARCH 11, 2019

The Natural Stone Show 2019 will run at ExCel London from 30th April to 2nd May. This year’s Natural Stone Show will be joined at ExCeL, London, by a new sister show: Hard Surfaces. Hard Surfaces 2019 will run alongside The Natural Stone Show 2019. These sessions are free to attend.

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Architectural Ceramics

JANUARY 18, 2021

As we enter into the New Year with high hopes and big visions in our eyes, we thought it was a great time to step back and showcase some projects Architectural Ceramics has completed over the recent years, and dwell on some of our coolest projects we were so fortunate to be able to have our name attached to. Top 5 Design Posts of the Week.

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Ceramics of Italy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

After signing a joint venture agreement with chemical group Pidilite Industries Ltd in 2019, Litokol SpA recently opened a new production facility in the town of Amod in the Indian state of Gujarat. Pidilite has also set up two other new production companies, again connected to the tile installation and natural stone sectors.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

To further their accomplishments in the ceramic sector, 3D Shaped Technology provides even more realism to their surfaces, adding texture and life to create products with realism. The final results are collections inspired by natural stones, with visual texture, and a matching tactile surface that is perfectly aligned to the image.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

APRIL 25, 2019

The Hard Surfaces & Natural Stone Show is fast approaching. Barriers between natural stone and ceramics in the tile sector have long since broken down. Details for Hard Surfaces and Natural Stone Show 2019: ExCel, London. April 30 – May 2 2019.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

APRIL 23, 2019

The Hard Surfaces & Natural Stone Show is fast approaching. Barriers between natural stone and ceramics in the tile sector have long since broken down. We’re almost a third of the way through the year and 2019’s obsession with colour seems to show no signs of slowing down. April 30 – May 2 2019.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

MARCH 15, 2019

This year’s Natural Stone Show will be joined at ExCeL, London, by a new sister show: Hard Surfaces. Barriers between natural stone and ceramics in the tile sector have long since broken down. Wednesday 1st May 2019 will see a series of talks organised and Chaired by Diary of a Tile Addict’s Joe Simpson.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 27, 2019

2, 2019: Volume 35, Issue 11. As was predicted this time last year, consumption of ceramic tile in 2019 is lower than that of the previous year. The downward trend began in 2018, and the residential ceramic business slowed for the first three quarters of 2019. By Megan Salzano. That trend is expected to continue.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 30, 2020

Leaders in ceramics, including the Tile Council of North America (TCNA), Ceramics of Italy and Tile of Spain, used the time to weigh in on the current state of the U.S. hard and at a time when ceramic tile was already facing challenges. ceramic tile consumption in 2019 was 2.9 of 2019 U.S. In 2019, U.S.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

MARCH 14, 2019

This year’s Natural Stone Show will be joined at ExCeL, London, by a new sister show: Hard Surfaces. Barriers between natural stone and ceramics in the tile sector have long since broken down. Wednesday 1st May 2019 will see a series of talks organised and Chaired by Diary of a Tile Addict’s Joe Simpson.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 21, 2021

Ceramic tile, which has been faced with ongoing challenges for several years now, was no exception. Continuing its downward trajectory, ceramic tile sales in 2020 experienced a low, single-digit decline in terms of overall dollar sales and similar declines in terms of volume. Ceramic tile sales in 2020 declined roughly 5%.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

APRIL 18, 2019

Here he took inspiration from marbled paper, a technique that results in a paper surface with an uncanny resemblance to natural stone and marble, yet with the creative freedom afforded by a multitude of colour pigments. For the Araldica collection Pepe creates large hypnotic ceramic slabs (ranging from 46x800mm to 1200x2400mm).

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Diary of a Tile Addict

MARCH 3, 2019

The 17th Expo Revestir – South America’s largest and most influential exhibition of ceramic tiles, surface solutions, and bathroom design – will take place from 12th to 15th March 2019 at Transamérica Expo Center, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. To register visit: [link]. More at: www.exporevestir.com.br.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

MARCH 5, 2019

The 17th Expo Revestir – South America’s largest and most influential exhibition of ceramic tiles, surface solutions, and bathroom design – will take place from12th to 15th March 2019 at Transamérica Expo Center, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. 2019 highlights will include Ceusa’s “Every House Is A Case” concept.

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Kitchen and Residential Design

MAY 7, 2019

A recent survey from Lightstream reports that 37 percent of homeowners indicated they are planning to remodel their bathrooms in 2019, edging out kitchen remodels, which 31 percent of respondents said was a priority. Twenty-seven percent of those surveyed said personalization was their primary reason for investing in a renovation.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Living Ceramics takes surfaces very seriously. Committed to providing the best solutions for floors, walls, worktops, and steps, they take inspiration from nature to create comforting and calming products for the home. Living Ceramics. A new post by Hanna Simpson, Diary of a Tile Addict, November 2019.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

MAY 13, 2019

The result was Silicastone, a new durable material made from 98% minimum of glass, ceramics and mineral waste. The end results vary greatly, celebrating the natural variety found in natural stone and the imperfections inherent in uniquely produced products. A new post for Diary of a Tile Addict, May 2019.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

MARCH 29, 2019

The mosaic pieces were created using unglazed ceramic and porcelain. to 12.30pm) at the Natural Stone Show (30th April-2nd May), Gary Drostle will examine the role of modern mosaics in contemporary architectural and landscape design. A new post for Diary of a Tile Addict, March 2019. Tide pool mosaic.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 27, 2022

They also do not include stone flooring, nor do they account for ceramic wall tile, cove base and rubber accessories.). decline in volume in 2019; 4.6% In 2020, it was $1.21, the same as in 2019 but up from $1.17 Tile accounted for 23% of sales while hardwood and natural stone represent 8% and 6%, respectively.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 19, 2021

increase over 2019’s $5.433 billion. increase from 4.564 billion in 2019. When compared to ceramic tile, hardwood, laminate and other hard surface materials, resilient accounted for 50.6% of sales vs. 2019’s 45.1%. of sales vs. 2019’s 45.1%. million unit total from 2019 to 1.38 of dollars and 28.8%

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

In addition to that, the Natural Stone Pavilion saw some action. Here, the Natural Stone Institute’s Women in Stone group conducted a “Natural Stone Amazing Race” on the show floor, much to the delight of attendees. We can now go toe-to-toe with ceramic. Inspiration.

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Architectural Ceramics

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Seeing as life in 2020 is looking vastly different from 2019, we thought this would be a perfect way to showcase some of our favorite modern-day game and entertainment rooms, and to do justice for Games Day. The very first of these soon to become extremely popular events took place in London on December 20, 1975.”

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