Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 14, 2021

By Ken Ryan—For many flooring retailers, 2021 represented their best sales year ever , and it’s no wonder as the product pipeline continued to deliver innovative offerings that were in high demand. Following are some of the top must-have product introductions of 2021, along with their key selling points. Daltile: Defend.

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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. Certain Main Street/ Commercial segments, like education, performed very well in 2021 and into 2022,” noted Quentin Quathamer, director of Main Street commercial, Shaw Industries.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

AHF Products has officially purchased assets of Crossville, Inc., This acquisition catapults AHF into an industry-leading position in the fast-growing tile sector, with a comprehensive line of porcelain, ceramic, stone and accessories for both residential and commercial applications in interior and exterior floors, walls and countertops.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Los Angelas— Emser Tile , a leading designer, marketer and producer of tile and natural stone, has introduced the brand’s newest product offerings in its 2020/2021 product catalog. Following is a sneak peak of new Emser Tile products and corresponding current style directions. Striking Surfaces.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 15, 2021

After a two-year hiatus of in-person events and a one-year layoff from the show itself, Coverings 2021 kicked off here July 8-10 at the Orlando Convention Center, where it welcomed more than 350 exhibitors representing more than 20 countries across 240,000 square feet of space. Tile market grows. ceramic tile consumption was up 17.8%

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Those innovations will be on display in the coming year, and some suppliers are ready to tease new looks and technologies for 2021. These new flooring products are following style, technology and performance trends that are poised to dominate the coming year. Mohawk’s Stanley agreed that health will be at the forefront in 2021.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 21, 2022

—The Portobello America full-service, state-of-the-art tile production facility , located here, is slated to be operational by early next year. From day one of production, the new factory will be able to double originally planned capacity of smaller pieces, such as 8 x 8, 3 x 6, 3 x 12 and everything in between. based factory.

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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

JULY 6, 2021

—Laticrete will exhibit its latest product solutions and innovations at Coverings 2021, including the soon-to-be-released Hydro Barrier Plus and Hydro Ban XP waterproofing and crack isolation membranes. Following are the products Laticrete will showcase at Coverings 2021. Products to be showcased.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 28, 2021

Dallas, Texas— Daltile launched three new tile collections and a new natural stone collection. The new assortments offer myriad fashionable products with exceptional performance features, the company said. The following are Daltile’s new stone and tile collections: Enlite.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 13, 2023

Orlando – Coverings has released a sneak peek of new tile and stone products, along with a select preview of installation materials, tools and technology products, that will be showcased at Coverings 2023, set to take place April 18-21, 2023, here at the Orange County Convention Center. As the No.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

By Megan Salzano—W ith the pandemic shaking up product launch strategies, the fall selling season has become a key product launch phase for many suppliers. While Surfaces remains the main stage for most manufacturers, new products are hitting the streets—and dealer showrooms—this fall that have never been seen before.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 4, 2024

Las Vegas—AHF Products has a newly imagined exhibit space (booth #2447) for the International Surfaces Event, being held here January 24-26, 2024, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. AHF acquired LM Flooring in 2019 , followed by the Parterre and American OEM brands in 2021 and then the Armstrong Flooring brand in 2022.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 8, 2021

—With trade shows like Coverings and Cersaie among the first industry events to return to an in-person format, Italian manufacturers are excited to showcase their latest product offerings on a global stage. Following are the trends that were unveiled at Coverings 2021. New Traditional. Minimalist.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 8, 2022

Mohawk Industries said it has entered into an agreement to purchase the Vitromex ceramic tile business from Grupo Industrial Saltillo (GIS) for approximately $293 million in cash. In 2021, Vitromex reported that it generated revenues of approximately $204 million. “In Calhoun, Ga.—Mohawk billion (2.9

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

During Tile of Spain’s Coverings Connected press conference held earlier this week, Ryan Fasan, Tile of Spain’s technical consultant and tile and stone expert, outlined the state of Spanish tile in the U.S., Spanish tile imports to the U.S. tile producers claiming injury, the U.S. Miami, Fla.—During

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 12, 2021

To that end, awareness is growing among consumers around antibacterial materials and antimicrobial products, and the hygienic benefits these low-maintenance surfaces provide. As this trend grows—and is expected to continue to do so for the foreseeable future—flooring suppliers are developing products that promote cleanliness and hygiene.

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Ceramics of Italy

MARCH 18, 2024

Atlas Concorde, a major global player in the ceramic tile industry with an extensive presence in 130 countries across 5 continents , has further strengthened its position as the industry’s top ranked company in terms of export share in the period 2021-2022.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 14, 2021

Crossville’s Ossido porcelain tile panel collection. Crossville launched its new Ossido porcelain tile panel collection at Coverings 2021. Ossido is an impressive merger of artistic expression and the latest in tile production technology,” said Lindsey Waldrep, vice president of marketing, Crossville.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 22, 2021

Daltile’s Defend tile line features Microban technology to attract consumers looking for healthy, clean floor products. By Megan Salzano Ceramic tile is one of only two truly aspirational product categories available in flooring today—hardwood being the other. Know your tile products and sell them.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 4, 2023

The waterproof label has transcended its rigid core roots and is now touted across a variety of flooring constructions—from SPC to tile and even hardwood and underlayment. What’s more, much of the production of these waterproof products is happening right here in the U.S. Mohawk Industries is also heavily invested in its U.S.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 6, 2021

By Megan Salzano After a two-year hiatus, Coverings 2021 , the largest international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America, will host its in-person trade show event July 7-9, in Orlando, Fla., ” Coverings 2021 is among the first of the larger industry trade shows to host an in-person event in the U.S.,

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Floor Covering News

JULY 8, 2021

The Tile Council of North America (TCNA) revealed the publication of its Material Ingredient Guide on July 7 at Coverings 2021. First, to obtain GreenScreen Benchmark Scores (listed within the guide) for the vast majority of material ingredients used by ceramic tile, mortar and grout manufacturers. Clemson, S.C.—The

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 18, 2022

By Megan Salzano-Birch—Las Vegas— Coverings 2022 was a showcase in innovative product design and immersive technology, which is thriving within the ceramic and stone category today despite obvious obstacles. We’ve had great traffic at the show,” said Micah Hand, director of market- ing and product management, Florida Tile. “I

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 3, 2022

By Megan Salzano-Birch—After a strong showing in 2021, Coverings 2022, the largest international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America, will again be hosted as an in-person trade show event —this time in Las Vegas. Coverings 2022 will host 750 exhibitors with 34 countries represented on the show floor.

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Architectural Ceramics

DECEMBER 28, 2020

We noticed quite a few more searches for “cabin design ideas” as more and more people seek quieter areas to wait-out the pandemic, and of course we saw plenty of tile in all shapes and sizes. While we can’t wait to see what design trends 2021 brings us, let’s take a moment and remember some of the highlights from 2020.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Leo Reynaga is flanked by Visalia Ceramic Tile owners, Robby Martinho (left) and Eddie Martinho. The National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA) has announced its 2020 Tile Setter Craftspersons of the Year Award in both the residential and commercial categories. Flowood, Miss.—The How they got here . Florida bound. The judging.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 11, 2021

Dallas, Texas— Marazzi launched its Marble Obsession porcelain and ceramic tile collection. Being surrounded by a beautiful environment makes us feel better and contributes to our well-being, but it is interesting to note that the concept of luxury is changing,” said Shelly Halbert, director of product design, Dal-Tile Corporation.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 25, 2021

Every commercial sector was negatively impacted, but some performed better than others,” observed David Thoresen, senior vice president, product and innovation, Armstrong Flooring. We anticipate demand strengthening throughout 2021 as major companies facilitate their employees returning to the office.”. Hard surface surge continues.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 6, 2021

The changes will take place at the close of 2021 with transitional preparations now underway, according to the company. After a 27-year career with Crossville, Galey will retire at the end of 2021. Mark Shannon, executive vice president of distribution sales, will retire from full-time work and transition to a part-time role.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 8, 2023

billion in sales in 2021, according to Floor Covering News research. What’s more, these products now boast water-resistant capabilities to meet growing market demand. Following is a curated collection of the hottest waterproof flooring products with a rigid core construction available for the commercial market today.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 27, 2022

flooring industry went on a wild ride dating back to third quarter 2020, which carried through to the end of 2021. And freight expenses once product reached these shores were through the roof. In 2021, the average selling price of all flooring was $1.33. Back then it was about products like resilient tile and VCT.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2020

Artistic Tile’s Verdi Alpi and Rosa Portugallo. Not only is the product particularly unique, but it comes with a set of dos and don’ts consumers are often unaware of or afraid to deal with. Quarries no longer in active use can be reclaimed and re-used in unique ways.” – Josh Levinson, president, Artistic Tile.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 29, 2023

F or the second year running tile flooring experienced sales growth after its 2020 decline, which had been the category’s first decrease in several years. Tile flooring was up mid-double digits in dollars in 2022 compared to 2021’s high single-digit increase. That’s a substantial increase over 2021 when it grabbed 11.5%

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 26, 2023

billion in 2021 to $7.34 This growth built on momentum witnessed by the industry at the end of 2021 as business conditions improved. Others diversified their product and service offerings to cater to a wider customer base, which included more A&D community members working remotely more often. from roughly $6.5

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Floor Covering News

JULY 22, 2021

—Confindustria Ceramica (the Italian Association of Ceramics) and the Italian Trade Agency selected the winners of the 2021 Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition here on Wednesday, July 7 at Coverings 2021 during the Ceramics of Italy press conference. Tile Manufacturers: Florim. Contractor: Garcia Marble and Tile.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Daltile’s new Defend is a distinct product line of high-performance ceramic tile featuring Microban technology, which will not wash off or wear away. By Megan Salzano-Birch—After two years of slow decline, the tile category is back on top. Taking a look at the numbers, through Q2 2021 total U.S. imported 1.10

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