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Tile of Spain sees opportunity amid challenges

Floor Covering News

Miami, Fla.—During Tile of Spain’s Coverings Connected press conference held earlier this week, Ryan Fasan, Tile of Spain’s technical consultant and tile and stone expert, outlined the state of Spanish tile in the U.S., its influencers and leading trends that point to opportunity ahead. “This has been a very pivotal year, and 2019 was a pivotal year leading up to it as well,” he said.

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Tactile Elegance: The Portugal Collection from Crossville

Garden State Tile Blog

Inspired by Portuguese Atlantic Dark limestone, the look captured in the Portugal collection from Crossville features a subtle, organic surface that delivers a sophisticated, tactile elegance. Alongside the 4 unpolished field tile options, Portugal is also offered in two sizes with an R11 rated exterior finish, offering ideal solutions for installations that flow seamlessly from indoors to out.

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Ceramics of Italy names 2020 fall-winter trends

Floor Covering News

Sassuolo, Italy—During this week’s Coverings Connected event, Ceramics of Italy unveiled six top design trends for the fall -winter season. Kristin Coleman, senior VP, Novitá PR, the organization that represents Ceramics of Italy in North America, said despite the cancellation of Cersaie and other design tradeshows around the world, Italian manufacturers continue to invent new designs and invest in technologies to keep expanding the versatility and value proposition of ceramics.

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The Metal Elements Collection

Garden State Tile Blog

Create a remarkably royal feel with Garden State Tile’s Metal Elements collection. With six different mosaic shapes and three color options, the Metal Elements collection brings an intricate, larger-than-life feel to interior walls, fireplaces, backsplash, and wet areas. With three different metal colors and three unique mosaic shapes, this collection will have your space shining.

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CTEF joins Global Giving Tuesday movement

Floor Covering News

Pendleton, S.C.—The Ceramic Tile Education Foundation ( CTEF ) will celebrate generosity on Giving Tuesday 2020 by highlighting the opportunities available to provide education and installer certification programs for ceramic tile and stone industry professionals. “I encourage everyone who values the critical importance of tile industry standards and the high expectations derived from them to participate in Giving Tuesday,” said Scott Carothers, CTEF director of certification and training.

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ABK Group acquires a 49% stake in Arbe Stolanic

Ceramics of Italy

The invisible Cooking Surface Prime hob, integrated with large porcelain stoneware slabs, is being launched onto the international market under the ABKSTONE and MATERIA brand names. ABK Group , one of Italy’s largest ceramic manufacturers specialising in high-performance large porcelain slabs, has acquired a 49% stake in the Spanish company Arbe Stolanic, owner of a number of patents and models, for the purpose of developing the innovative Cooking Surface Prime invisible induction cooking system

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Crossville launches In-Side porcelain panel collection

Floor Covering News

Crossville, Tenn.—Crossville, Inc. has launched its new In-Side porcelain tile panel collection. The unique appearance of this line mimics the look of Pietra del Cardoso, a deep-blue gray sandstone mined only in the Apuan Alps. The panels are crafted with a mixture of raw materials in variable grain sizes, resulting in a textural, blended tile surface that is much like that of natural stone, the company said.

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Deck Your Home with These Creative Christmas Décor

Trendir Magazine

The holidays are right around the corner! Does anyone else feel as if this year has somehow stopped time, but pushed it forward as well? Furthermore, there are two types of people when it comes to holiday decorating, those that decorate right after Halloween and those that wait a few days after Thanksgiving. We are all about decorating right now! This year is a bit weird and maybe our décor should be a bit different too.

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Alternative Reality Finds More Real-world Applications in Construction, says GlobalData

The A to Z of Building

Construction industry is slowly shifting from years of the wait-and-watch stance to adopting digital technologies to improve the overall project lifecycle from conceptual design to construction.

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IN ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY DOM CERAMICHE JOIN THE FUTURE!

Ceramics of Italy

Founded in 2000, Dom Ceramiche is celebrating its twentieth anniversary by redefining its identity and brand equity, underlining its framwork and its values ??of reliability, consistency, responsibility, innovation, ethics and solidity. Having joined Victoria Plc industrial group, DOM DESIGN LAB becomes the center of materic and artisan research for the creation of a unique and innovative product.

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How a new administration could impact U.S. economy

Floor Covering News

( Editor’s note: The results of the 2020 Presidential Election have yet to be certified in several states. At press time, a manual recount of votes in a few key states is under way. To that end, ITR Economics is forecasting what “might happen” under a Biden administration; the company stressed the fact it is not calling a winner in the race. “We are going to do our level best to be apolitical about this,” said Brian Beaulieu, chief economist and CEO of ITR Economics.