Architectural Ceramics

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Retailers and product-based companies in many consumer categories are affected by the new tariffs and countervailing charges implemented on goods from China. government now charges countervailing duties to protect our domestic factories (therein the dilemma for many products affected). Here it is. You see these in malls and airports.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

FCNews reveals the winners of its third annual FCNnovation Awards—an initiative designed to recognize and showcase some of the most innovative new products and technologies launched in the current year. No Dye Lot means the color of the carpet will be the same from roll to roll, regardless of when it was manufactured.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

AHF Products’ expanded plant in Cambodia is being upgraded with two additional finishing lines, two milling units as well as additional plywood capacity and warehousing space. Large enough to maximize the production capabilities befitting a leader in the U.S. We saw an opportunity to provide products that people really desire.”.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 26, 2023

“From the standing-room -only educational programming to the thousands of innovative product launches, events and activations, this year’s edition underscored that NeoCon is a powerful platform and community hub that is essential to the industry’s ecosystem,” Morton told Floor Covering News. Monday] was an awesome day. And performance.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JULY 7, 2015

Turkey’s history of ceramic production reaches back thousands of years from the primitive sculpture of prehistoric Anatolia to the ornaments and crockery of the Hitites and the ornate hand-painted tiles of Iznik. We rushed back to the hotel to meet up with the rest of the group for a 5-hour tour of the city.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 17, 2021

“From my perspective, the industry is up for the year,” explained Ed Sanchez, vice president of product management, resilient, Mohawk. I expect to continue to see resilient products take share from other categories as innovation in the category delivers differentiation and value for consumers.”. capacity for resilient production.

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Granada Tile

JUNE 27, 2018

As I’m sure you know, in the last few years, cement tiles have grown in popularity not only for their beauty but also for the durability and easy care that’s long made them a popular decorative element in the piazzas, public buildings and cafes of Europe, South American, North Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

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Cement Style

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

We have supplied our colorful cement tiles for residences and restaurants in Puerto Rica. The technique for making decorative cement tiles was perfected in Europe in the 19th century and quickly spread to Spanish and French colonies in the Americas, Asia, and Africa.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2021

Mohawk’s Adam Ward alongside the new laminate products Pergo Elements display. By Reginald Tucker Las Vegas—Even before the current shipping woes fueled backlogs in deliveries of many rigid core products, industry observers had already begun gauging a renewed interest in the laminate flooring category—particularly homegrown products.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 11, 2024

CeraGrout enables GIMIG to give their customers what they want: the authentic look of ceramics, with lightning-fast installation as well as the freedom to choose any color, for both tile surfaces and grout lines. i4F CeraGrout panels and tiles feature integrated grout lines, available in any color, that are durable and easier to clean.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 29, 2021

We had three displays of 14 colors each,” Eylor said. Everywhere I’m opening, I have the same 300 colors in stock. I’m even keeping a minimum 20,000 square feet of the worst color I have. 1; product is No. What good is it if you only have product? We take our products and perfect them. Logistics is No.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 12, 2023

i4F announced its participation as an exhibitor at Domotex Asia/Chinafloor 2023 where it will unveil new technologies like CeraGrout. at Domotex Asia/Chinafloor 2023. This year’s Domotex Asia is set to be exciting and returns to its well-deserved global status,” said John Rietveldt, i4F’s CEO. “We

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2020

When Brian Carson took the reins as president and CEO of AHF Products in February 2019, he announced “very aggressive plans” for the company that had been spun off from Armstrong Flooring the year prior. We also gained intellectual property and launched the industry’s first all-wood waterproof product, Bruce Hydropel.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2021

Mohawk’s Adam Ward alongside the new laminate products Pergo Elements display. By Reginald Tucker Las Vegas—Even before the current shipping woes fueled backlogs in deliveries of many rigid core products, industry observers had already begun gauging a renewed interest in the laminate flooring category—particularly homegrown products.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 17, 2022

By Reginald Tucker—After several years of losing market share to wood-look products, wood flooring is regaining momentum. Dogwood from Bruce Hardwood Floors was recently named one of the ‘30 Most Innovative Products for 2022,’ presented by Dotdash Meredith’s Beautiful Kitchens & Baths. For 2022, the group expects the U.S.

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Decorator on Demand

AUGUST 16, 2011

They are large embroidered textiles originally from Central Asia. Do you feel the need to inject some color/life into your own color palette? Updating these beautful designs with modern color is really fun. Beautifully made and just popping with color. decided on a spa blue color and went from there.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 21, 2021

By Reginald Tucker W hen it comes to hardwood flooring sourcing , so much of the focus has been trained on Asia—rightfully so given the manufacturing prowess and scale of the scores of suppliers in that region of the world. This allows us to make a consistent product from one box to the next.”. Winning attributes.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 15, 2022

By Reginald Tucker—The laminate flooring category has long been a go-to product segment for consumers seeking a durable, high-performing, visually appealing and value-based flooring alternative. All of that makes SPC or any product you’re trying to import very pricey and difficult to get. Pictured is a design based on Brazilian walnut.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 18, 2021

The SPC/WPC products in this sub-segment rely heavily on imports. The product availability issues have caused many return trips to our showrooms to go through the reselection process. It is probably the worst category for lead times due to production issues and container delays.”. Dealer directives.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Durability on rigid core products featuring True Grout technologies is maximized due to the addition of a colored wear layer between the décor film and the core. The trend for wet rooms and en-suite bathrooms is driving demand for floor and wall products that imitate ceramics, according to i4F. Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

It includes a collection of educational insights, new and staple hardwood products and an advertorial featuring one of the Coalition’s members. Third, a supplier must have product designs that appeal to local homeowners.”. More importantly, a good supplier should provide a high level of service commensurate with product quality.

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Tile Talk

MAY 20, 2014

Iran or Central Asia, 15th Century. Early Islamic tiles involved a simple process of cutting single color, small tile fragments and assembled with the use of liquid plaster. The color palette also extended to include oranges and yellows. green building products. Product Plug. Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 30, 2023

Industry observers attribute the disparity in sales to volume activity primarily to higher material and production costs in the face of slower sales. of all hard surface flooring products. Volume-wise, square footage sold at the first point of distribution slipped to 915 million square feet—an 11.2%

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 9, 2021

FCNews ’ third annual “Industry Disrupters” issue features innovative players and thinkers who are pushing the envelope in terms of product innovations, technological breakthroughs or simply radical new ways of doing business. Domestic Production. Below are this year’s Industry Disruptors. The mother of all disruptors .

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Floor Covering News

MAY 19, 2021

To justly analyze the resilient flooring category in 2020, it would be difficult without looking at the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic—a truth for any product category in the building materials or home improvement industries. All around, it’s just a superior product.”. Residential breakdown.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 14, 2021

Under the leadership of former Shaw executive, Doug Jackson, Cali has entered other product categories , including the skyrocketing SPC segment. It was also clear that we would not accomplish this with just bamboo in our product portfolio. When it comes to colors, you are a little different than some others out there.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 29, 2024

We have great products, but when foot traffic is slow it doesn’t matter.” Jamie Welborn SVP, product management, soft surface Mohawk “The ever-evolving volatility since the start of pandemic has me paranoid of ‘What’s next?’ To that end, Cali is excited to roll out new products.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 21, 2021

Continued focus on sustainability drives product choices. Tile offers an array of unique benefits such as durability, hypoallergenic characteristics, resistance to moisture and bacteria, easiness to maintain and clean all while offering a wide assortment of styles and colors to choose from.”. Ongoing challenges. It’s plastic flooring.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 3, 2022

These include rising inflation , higher raw materials pricing amid inconsistent availability and, now, a war in Ukraine that has threatened the supply of so many goods and services, including Russia-sourced birch lumber that goes into the core layer of many engineered hardwood flooring products sold globally today. We don’t have that issue.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 18, 2022

laminate flooring market is currently experiencing is not merely a coincidence, but rather the natural course of a still-evolving product category that is continuing to grow in the face of intense pressure from competing hard surface segments. This, in turn, has brought more opportunity for laminate products. is no fluke.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 24, 2021

Designers can and should act now to make changes to how they specify product and materials. CEU Design Skills 1 Track: Discovering Nature’s Crossover Colors: Updated Trends in Classics. Leatrice Eiseman, Eiseman Center for Color Information & Training. How do you select the long-lived colors? Tuesday, October 5.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 21, 2021

Suppliers across the board—including domestic manufacturers, Canadian importers, Brazilian producers and even those who source from Asia—attested to the positive impact the novel coronavirus had on purchases and installations of hardwood flooring in 2020 and beyond. Others agreed. Shown is Castlewood Prime from Shaw Floors.

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 9, 2014

Until now … but I have to keep it fun because I think that if you approach the design of a problem as a chore, the final product reflects your attitude. I remember the days when it was all done by hand…I don’t have the courage to throw out the old water color renderings I did in college (many moons ago).

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 9, 2020

With respect to specific formats, carpet tile leads the way with roughly 60% market share, a figure that continues to grow as suppliers push the envelope with sustainable products featuring sophisticated designs and low carbon footprints. The majority of carpet sales in the commercial market are generated from specified contract.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 18, 2024

In flooring, it can be as explosive as developing completely new product formulations that offer consumers features/benefits not previously available—we’re looking at you, WPC. Ukraine is a major exporter of agricultural commodities such as wheat and corn, and the conflict has disrupted production and export capabilities.

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