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Chinese Tariffs and their Effect on the Tile Industry

Architectural Ceramics

Importers are speaking with Central and South American countries. When we first started importing mosaics twenty years ago from Asia, they weren’t outstanding quality. Now we are looking to South America, Mexico, and India for these products. The challenges are the quality and prices we all enjoyed.

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Välinge participates in the NAFCD Virtual Xperience

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Apart from the standard offering of regular quality controls and technical follow-ups performed by Välinge staff at licensees’ production sites, Välinge also supports importers of products featuring Välinge’s technologies. “We

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Wood: There’s nothing like the real thing

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Everything we do is on a full-length plank; even our standard product is 71?2 Pictured is Brazilian oak (Tauari) in the color South Beach. The mad scramble for alternative imported supply from Asia has put the spotlight back on species gleaned from South America. We offer our signature product, which is 91?2

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Hardwood: State of the Industry 2022

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The products that we get are primarily from Asia, and they use eucalyptus and other local species for the core. Most, if not all, of our hardwood products come from Southeast Asia,” Stepp said. Plus, we’re checking to make sure that it’s up to the standards that we’ve set.”. We don’t have that issue. We treat them fairly.