Wed.Apr 21, 2021

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The New Modern

As The Tile Turns

When you imagine contemporary interior design, what comes to mind? If you’re like most people, you picture clean lines and lots of neutrals — especially white and grey. This sleek, simple look has dominated the interior design world for several years now, but change is afoot.

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Emser Tile wins two Comparably awards

Floor Covering News

Los Angeles, Calif.— Emser Tile , designer, marketer and producer of tile and natural stone, won two 2021 awards from Comparably.com for “Best Company Operations” and “Best Sales Teams,” the only flooring company represented on each list, according to Emser. This year’s Comparably top ranking of companies was based on sentiment ratings provided by employees in operations (Best Company Operations) and sales (Best Sales Teams) who anonymously rated employers.

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6 Ways You Can Modernize Your Kitchen without Breaking Your Bank

Kitchen and Residential Design

Did you know that the average American spends 37 minutes preparing food and cleaning the kitchen every single day? When you spend this much time each day in the kitchen, you want to make sure that this part of the house becomes a lovely place to spend time in, and it is as easy to keep clean as possible! With this in mind, here are our top seven simple ways you can renovate your kitchen, making it an enjoyable place to cook and prep your family’s meals. 1.

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Crossville outlines 2020 tile recycling efforts

Floor Covering News

Crossville, Tenn.—Crossville has outlined its tile recycling efforts for the last year, and said it recycled 4,939,251 pounds of fired porcelain in 2020. The amount brought the company’s cumulative recycling total to more than 139 million pounds since the 2009 launch of the Tile Take-Back program and subsequent TOTO USA recycling partnership. Crushed porcelain toilets for tile production.

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Industry Leader Cites Four Wellness Design Innovation Trends For 2021

JG Kitchens

What are the pros seeing in the wellness design world? I recently had the opportunity to direct that question to one of the leading experts in the field: American Society of Interior Designers' Director of Research Dr. Susan Chung. The subject of my latest Forbes.com piece was the four innovations she sees as driving trends for 2021 and having staying power beyond this year.

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Cork & Bamboo: Positioning in a waterproof world

Floor Covering News

WE Cork’s Corkoleum. By Megan Salzano There’s no question—when it comes to the flooring industry, it’s a waterproof world. Consumers today want to know they can lay down a floor in any room of the house and not worry about spills, wet messes or even leaks and floods. Luxury vinyl flooring has taken the lead when it comes to promoting waterproof or water-esistant features ; however, categories like laminate, ceramic and even hardwood have also begun to tout waterproof attributes—all in the name o

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Chilled Panels can Replace AC and Prevent Indoor Disease Transmission

The A to Z of Building

A new study by the University of British Columbia (UBC) in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University proposes a novel system of chilled panels that can substitute air.

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New Method can Help Assess Bridge Repairs, Save Significant Cost

The A to Z of Building

The $2 trillion American Jobs Plan from President Biden has placed the country’s infrastructure in the spotlight. In 2007, the Interstate 35W bridge over the Mississippi River in downtown.

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Obstacles fail to derail wood’s surge

Floor Covering News

The shortage of raw materials coupled with challenges harvesting logs in critical growing regions of the country has contributed to price hikes across the industry. By Reginald Tucker Like many other aspirational home improvement categories that benefitted from consumers spending much more time at home in 2020, the North American hardwood flooring sector also reaped the rewards.

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Biosite Launches Facial Recognition for Construction

The A to Z of Building

Biosite Systems Ltd, the market leader in workforce management systems for the UK construction industry, has developed a facial recognition solution to respond to increased demand for contactless site.

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AHF’s market strategy supports all partners

Floor Covering News

AHF Products’ legacy brands—including Bruce, Hartco and Robbins—have a long, storied history among consumers. And that, the company said, bodes well for its retailer partners. By Reginald Tucker When you have an ever-expanding product line that includes some of the most well-known hardwood flooring brands available—as well as both new and familiar LVT and SPC residential and commercial offerings—it’s vitally important to foster a go-to-market strategy that effectively supports those brands while