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Avente Tile Talk: Porcelain Tiles from Spain and the World Cup

Tile Talk

Porcelain Tiles from Spain and the World Cup. If you, like millions of others, watched the Brazil vs. Croatia soccer match that marked the start of the World Cup on June 12, then you saw the Arena Corinthians stadium in Brazil where the game was played. The tiles are TECHLAM ® NEU porcelain panels developed and.

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Ceramic Tile Provides A Durable Artistic Canvas For Designers

JG Kitchens

This massive tile expo brings together exhibitors from Italy, Spain, Brazil and North America in one fabulous festival of design. I'll be writing about all of the trends for my Kitchen & Bath Design News column, but I wanted to share one of them in particular. That was the artistry of ceramic tile.

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Tile of Spain is at the World Cup

Tile of Spain USA

Spain will be appearing at the World Cup 2014 tournament in Brazil this week. Over 14,000 square yards (12,000 square meters) of TECHLAM® porcelain panels cover the Arena Corinthians stadium in Brazil. This material was manufactured in Novelda, Alicante, Spain and shipped to Brazil in 10 containers.…

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Portobello America tile factory to open in early 2023

Floor Covering News

There is a strong demand from our North American customer base for these to augment some of our best-selling porcelain collections. Baxter is located in Putnam County, considered a national hub regarding the manufacture of porcelain tile due to the local obtainability of natural clay and feldspar supplies.

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Contemporary Apartment in Brazil Pops With Bold Italian Tile Accent Wall

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Diego Revollo Arquitetura completed the redesign of a contemporary apartment in Alto da Lapa, São Paulo, Brazil. Italian porcelain tiles were combined to create a dynamic gray accent wall, which visually divides the kitchen from the open-plan living area. They are perennial,” the architects said.

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Chinese Tariffs and their Effect on the Tile Industry

Architectural Ceramics

for unglazed ceramic 10% for unglazed porcelain 8.5% for glazed ceramic and porcelain 2.7% It only impacted glazed and unglazed ceramic and porcelain. Now you know why China isn’t an ideal source of supply anymore for ceramic and porcelain tiles. An influx of porcelain tile factories in the U.S.

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Portobello Group to add U.S. tile factory

Floor Covering News

Portobello Group, a leading producer of porcelain and ceramic tile in Brazil, has begun construction of its U.S. Baxter, Tenn.— factory, located here. The planned facility is slated to be approximately 895,000 square feet in size, with a total investment expected to reach $160 million. Portobello Group’s CEO.