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Celebrating Distinctions in Mexican History and Tile

Architectural Ceramics

Mexico is a country whose customs are rich in tradition, be it celebrating a day in history like Cinco de Mayo with an elaborate festival, or hand-crafting Saltillo tile almost the same way today as was done at its conception decades ago. Americans often mistake Cinco de Mayo for Mexico’s Independence Day. Hasta pronto!

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Executive forecast 2024: No signs of stopping resilient flooring

Floor Covering News

Despite headaches within the economy —namely high interest/mortgage rates— resilient flooring suppliers are pointing to continued growth in 2024. Many supply chain risks remain for products imported from abroad. Challenges include higher inventory costs due to rising interest rates and product stoppages as U.S.

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Floor & Home makes a bold ‘Statement’

Floor Covering News

Case in point is Drew Barber, co-owner of Floor & Home by Carpet One based here. Floor & Home has always been a big stocking tile dealer of the major brands— Daltile , Emser, Surface Art, Bedrosians, United Tile, Florida Tile, Arizona Tile, etc. Nearly 14 months later, the returns are overwhelmingly positive.

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Coverings 2014 – Top Tile Products

JG Kitchens

This week, I’m going to share some of my favorite products. San Lorenzo from Mexico was one of those brands offering great looks without oceanic freight. Last week, I blogged about the top tile trends I spotted at this major US trade show for tile and stone. You can see more of them in last week’s post.).

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Tarkett expands manufacturing footprint

Floor Covering News

Solon, Ohio— T arkett , a worldwide leader in innovative flooring and sports surface solutions, has completed the acquisition of Vinylasa, a vinyl composite tile (VCT) manufacturer based in Mexico City, Mexico. location to the Vinylasa location in Mexico. New products. We’re pleased to welcome the team to Tarkett.”

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Happy Floors adds to Easy Luxury SPC line

Floor Covering News

Happy Floors introduced Santa Fe, a new stone-look collection, to its Easy Luxury SPC product line. With Santa Fe, we wanted to add a rich stone-look option to our Easy Luxury line,” said Tressa Samdal , director of easy luxury marketing and product management. Miami, Fla.— is famous for.

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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