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Ceramic tile for safe and sustainable homes

Diary of a Tile Addict

Ceramic tile is not only beautiful, it is also healthy for your home. Some VOCs emitted by non-ceramic building products can contribute to a wide variety of health problems and Sick Building Syndrome, according to various health experts. Ceramic tile contains none of the formaldehyde found in some floor coverings.

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Reader’s poll names Kiano as tile product of the year

Diary of a Tile Addict

Known and trusted tile brands have been offered one FREE post during an initial three month trial, covering April, May, and June 2020. The Products of the Year 2019 were thus honoured at the end of February 2020 at a ceremony held at the Maternushaus in Cologne. Agrob Buchtal receiving the Fliesen und Platten Award.

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My take: Roundtable discussion ignites Fuse members

Floor Covering News

March 2/9, 2020: Volume 35, Issue 18. Gordon noted ceramic tile is the most affected segment. Most manufacturers will turn down the claim if you don’t use their adhesives. That’s not fair because most adhesives formulas are just about the same. By Steven Feldman. Just getting back from a week on the road. Not a chance.

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Resilient: New looks, textures aim to inspire dealers to sell more

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February 2/10, 2020: Volume 35, Issue 16. LVT is still the category that will move the needle in 2020. I believe the next looks will be in stone and ceramic as well as wall applications.”. Resilient visuals often follow trends seen in natural wood, stone and ceramic. By Lindsay Gonzalez. Colors, textures.

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Laticrete names Millot CEO

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Millot will join Laticrete on August 10, 2020 from the Fortune Global 500 company, Saint-Gobain, a manufacturer of high-performance materials and building products. —Laticrete, a leading manufacturer of flooring solutions, has named Patrick Millot as its chief executive officer. Millot succeeds David A.

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Scoring flooring: Industry stats for 2021

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flooring industry went on a wild ride dating back to third quarter 2020, which carried through to the end of 2021. To further illustrate the impact of price increases, the average selling price of all floor- ing in 2020 was $1.21. from 2020’s $22.951 billion. in both dollars and volume in 2020. With that, the U.S.

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STATS: SPC segment continues to lead the charge

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By Megan Salzano While 2020 was anything but ordinary, there was one thing the flooring industry could count on: the continued popularity of the resilient category. It will come as no surprise that resilient—led mostly by the rigid core/SPC sub-segments —once again registered gains while many other flooring categories in 2020 did not.