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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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Mohawk to acquire Vitromex ceramic business

Floor Covering News

Vitromex was founded in 1967 and includes four manufacturing facilities strategically located throughout Mexico. billion square feet) Mexican ceramic tile market with a broad distribution network and a product offering that includes glazed ceramic, porcelain, mosaics and decorative tiles. billion (2.9

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Tile Trends 2015 : Variety is the Spice of Tile

Tile Talk

The week-long event took place in Orlando, Florida and was filled with highlights including seeing long-time friends, a face to face meeting with designer Alena Capra , and listening to Ryan Fasan , Tile of Spain ''s Technical consultant, speak about trends with design. Cascading gold hexagon mosaics from Onix.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

The winning product, Redi Trench™, is an incredibly exciting marriage of design and function. Designers have the choice of selecting either tile-in-grate or non-tile-able versions. ” Redi Trench™ features offer endless design flexibility as it can be used with any size Redi Base (30″–72”), plank pitched, molded-in trench.

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Waterproof: Domestic manufacturing update

Floor Covering News

manufacturing and has facilities in Dalton as well as Mexicali, Mexico, to service its North American customers. The plant is designed to reduce waste, improve quality control and increase production capacity to meet the growing demand for U.S.-based Mohawk Industries is also heavily invested in its U.S. based manufacturing facilities.

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Ceramics of Italy names 2020 design competition winners

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After reviewing a record number of outstanding projects from all across North America, the international jury of design experts selected four winners and three honorable mentions. Through the use of floral upholstery, Canadian oak wood and colorful lounge areas, the designers created a modern space that plays into the “garden” theme.

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Stats 2023: Tile flooring price increases buoy dollar sales

Floor Covering News

Mexico was the third-largest exporter to the U.S. Tile imports from Mexico were up 1% by volume vs. 2021. share and Mexico with a 9.1% with the next highest shares of total consumption belonging to Spain (14.1%), Italy (12.3%) and Mexico (11.8%). Italy was the second-largest exporter to the U.S. of the U.S. of 2022 U.S.

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