Tile of Spain USA
APRIL 22, 2020
Coverings , the largest international tile and stone exhibition in North America, honors two projects featuring Tile of Spain products at this year’s annual Coverings Installation & Design (CID) Awards. The CID Awards celebrate outstanding achievements in architecture, design and the installation of tile and stone, in both residential and commercial projects.
Architectural Ceramics
APRIL 22, 2020
Week of April 20, 2020. With the runaround of daily life, it can be easy to forget how fortunate we are to call Earth our home. Thankfully, Earth Day’s annual celebration serves as a reminder that we all need to do our part in protecting our ecosystems and continue working towards a more sustainable future. Whether Easter celebrations are a part of your plans or not, check out our Easter Playlist for some feel good hits.
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JG Kitchens
APRIL 22, 2020
How are you holding up? This is a particularly stressful time for all of us, and many of our usual outlets are not available when we need them most. For me, it’s hiking and rucking with friends; I look forward to that in the evenings after work – especially with longer daylight hours – and local rules to flatten the COVID-19 curve mean no gatherings and most of our local trails are closed.
Jack Rosen Custom Kitchens Inc.
APRIL 22, 2020
There’s nothing bad about neutral kitchens with white subway tile and stainless-steel appliances – those styles are classics. But to be honest, these days people are looking for more color in their kitchens. For kitchen design ideas and more, contact Jack Rosen Custom Kitchens online or call our team at 301-363-4064 today. To help you create the hue-infused kitchen space of your dreams, here are 8 colorful kitchen ideas: 1.
Floor Covering News
APRIL 22, 2020
Ryan Fasan, Tile of Spain’s technical consultant and tile and stone expert, helped kick off Coverings Connected earlier this week with a dive into the state of the tile market from Tile of Spain’s perspective. According to Fasan, the U.S. has become a critical market for the Spanish manufacturing segment. As such, product development, marketing and education have turned to focus on North American needs.
Jack Rosen Custom Kitchens Inc.
APRIL 22, 2020
There’s nothing bad about neutral kitchens with white subway tile and stainless-steel appliances – those styles are classics. But to be honest, these days people are looking for more color in their kitchens. For kitchen design ideas and more, contact Jack Rosen Custom Kitchens online or call our team at 301-363-4064 today. To help you create the hue-infused kitchen space of your dreams, here are 8 colorful kitchen ideas: 1.
Floor Covering News
APRIL 22, 2020
Anderson, S.C.—Due to increased testing inquiries during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tile Council of North America’s (TCNA) Product Performance Testing Laboratory is expanding its microbiology-based services to meet the industry’s growing and ever-changing needs for relevant, up-to-date product testing and analysis. The lab has a long history of microbiological testing and research on ceramic tiles and other floor and wall coverings, including ground-breaking research on photocatalyti
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Floor Covering News
APRIL 22, 2020
Crossville, Tenn.—Crossville Inc. said it recycled 7,951,271 pounds of fired porcelain in 2019, bringing the company’s cumulative recycling total to nearly 134 million pounds since the 2009 launch of the Tile Take-Back program and subsequent TOTO USA recycling partnership. These recycling initiatives are based on the company’s proprietary process for recycling fired porcelain products, including post-consumer materials.
The A to Z of Building
APRIL 22, 2020
Peab has been commissioned to build a new land-based fish farming facility in Senja in northern Norway. The customer is Salmar Settefisk and the contract is worth NOK 439 million. Peab has been.
Floor Covering News
APRIL 22, 2020
One of Mohawk’s Habitat for Humanity builds. Calhoun, Ga.—Mohawk Industries’ commitment to sustainability is year-round, so the company is shifting how it shares its sustainability story with a global audience. “In the past, we’ve released our CSR on Earth Day, and we compacted a year’s worth of stories into our website along with the data that provides a quantitative evaluation of our progress toward our goals,” said Rami Vagal, Mohawk’s senior manager of sustainability.
Diary of a Tile Addict
APRIL 22, 2020
Joyful by Tonalite. In 2010 Tonalite – an Italian floor and wall tile manufacturer founded in 1974 at S. Agata Bolognese – came under the control of the Pagani family. With strong hand-made roots, allied to great attention to modern methods of production, the Pagani brothers have not changed the main characteristics of this family-run company, but have improved aspects such as planning, technology, and marketing.
Floor Covering News
APRIL 22, 2020
Lancaster, Pa.—Armstrong Flooring is extending its series of online continuing education unit courses, with upcoming webinars on concrete subfloors for resilient flooring, installation of commercial resilient flooring and designing for senior living. Armstrong Flooring launched its series of online CEO courses in early April, to enable designers to earn CEU credits even if they couldn’t attend in-person sessions.
Floor Covering News
APRIL 22, 2020
Internal Revenue Service commissioner, Chuck Rettig, chief of IRS communications, Terry Lemons, and customer service strategy project manager, James Clifford will host a webinar open to any small business owner, individual, veteran or social security beneficiary. This is a chance for the public to ask questions directly to the IRS about how relief payments from the CARES Act work, as well as a number of other topics regarding COVID-19.
Floor Covering News
APRIL 22, 2020
By Ken Ryan. During the Great Recession more than a decade ago, housing was the sector that took the brunt of the economic fallout—a realization every flooring principal doing business at the time knows all too well. While most economists are forecasting a recession post-COVID-19, there are indications that housing won’t be as exposed as it was the last time.
Floor Covering News
APRIL 22, 2020
By Jim Augustus Armstrong . Norberto, a coaching client of mine, owns a new flooring dealership in the Northwestern part of the U.S. His business started out as an installation company, and about two years ago he opened a retail showroom. When I met him, his showroom had only been open for a few months. He needed more customers, and his margins were in the high 20s to low 30s.
Floor Covering News
APRIL 22, 2020
DriTac’s David Johnson, vice president of field technical services, explains how to successfully install wood or resilient flooring with DriTac Primer 3000, a concentrated, solvent-free acrylic primer. The company also invites the industry to send its installation questions to info@dritac.com for additional insights. Questions may become the company’s next ‘Quick Tips’ topic.
Floor Covering News
APRIL 22, 2020
Interface, a worldwide commercial flooring company and global leader in sustainability, is participating in Design for Health by Mindclick, a virtual event that showcases this year’s Design for Health display, the first-ever designed by Baskervill Architects in Marriott International’s Design Library. Design for Health will take place today—Earth Day—April 22, at 11:30 a.m.
Floor Covering News
APRIL 22, 2020
New York, N.Y.—Confindustria Ceramica (the Italian Association of Ceramics) and the Italian Trade Agency announced the winners of the 2020 Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition during a virtual press conference hosted by Coverings. Eight projects from across North America were recognized for showcasing the beauty and versatility of Italian tile. After reviewing a record number of outstanding projects from all across North America, the international jury of design experts selected four winners and t
Floor Covering News
APRIL 22, 2020
After reviewing hundreds of new product launches from Ceramics of Italy member companies, Ceramics of Italy has released its top six trends for the 2020 spring-summer season. The group noted that while some of these trends are seasonal, such as blue, others showcase the Italian tile industry’s answer to important movements in design such as biophilia and the importance of telling a good story.
Floor Covering News
APRIL 22, 2020
By Reginald Tucker. Late in the afternoon on April 21, the U.S. Senate passed a new $484 billion COVID-19 relief package designed to primarily help small businesses and hospitals, while also providing funding to assist states with much-needed coronavirus testing kits. The latest relief package, which received overwhelming bipartisan support, comes just weeks after the rollout of a $349 billion aid package that was depleted on April 16, barely three weeks after it was signed by President Trump.
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