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The Natural Stone Institute announces 2023 award recipients

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Oberlin, Ohio—The Natural Stone Institute (NSI) has named the winners of its three award programs for 2023. The Shahs soon realized that natural stone for residential and commercial usage had even higher market potential and redirected their efforts toward developing this sector of the industry. To learn more, visit here.

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CFI to attend the China Xiamen International Stone Fair

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Forney, Texas—Certified Flooring Installers (CFI) is participating in the China Xiamen International Stone Fair, March 6-9. The show, known as the “Global Stone Center,” is expected to have over 2,000 exhibitors from over 50 countries and 150,000 visitors from 155 countries.

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CFL introduces new engineered stone flooring

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Jiaxing, China—CFL Flooring has launched Tenacity, a new waterproof engineered stone product that will be on display at Domotex and Surfaces 2019. Tenacity features the advantages of a newly developed rigid mineral stone core. It is waterproof, rigid, stable and wear resistant.

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Smith & Fong expands palmwood floor offering

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San Francisco—Smith & Fong, a company specializing in sustainable interior finishes, has added six new colors to its award-winning Durapalm line of palmwood flooring. “We The new Durapalm flooring colors include: Reef—which expresses the tonal range of palm featuring sunburst patterns, deep notes and dynamic grain.

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Chinese Tariffs and their Effect on the Tile Industry

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Many people have asked us about how the newly implemented Chinese tariffs will affect the tile and flooring industry. Retailers and product-based companies in many consumer categories are affected by the new tariffs and countervailing charges implemented on goods from China. Before 2019, the duty for tile imported from China was: 8.5%

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Huali Floors to open first U.S. headquarters, manufacturing facility

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Huali Floors, a China-based manufacturer of resilient flooring, will establish its first U.S. The strong flooring community that the Northwest Georgia area embodies was a determining factor in our commitment, and we want to be part of that spirit. ” The post Huali Floors to open first U.S. Atlanta, Ga.—Huali

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Huali Floors playing for home-field advantage

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There are a number of companies currently building facilities in the Southeast to manufacture rigid core flooring, but few are of the size and scope of Huali Floors—a family-owned business that was started by Huashou Yuan in Taizhou, China, back in 2002. Huali Floors will not be without its challenges. Chatsworth, Ga.—There