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Join Tile of Spain USA on the Passport to Creativity Tour

Tile of Spain USA

Attendees will begin the week traversing the exhibition floor of Cevisama , the International Tile and Bath Furnishing Show in Valencia, Spain. Attendees will gain a thorough understanding of the origins of ceramics, how they are made, and the technical and aesthetic benefits of the different genres of tile.

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Jeff Lorberbaum receives 2024 Spirit of Life Award

Floor Covering News

Las Vegas—On February 26, City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, honored Jeff Lorberbaum, CEO of Mohawk Industries, along with Kevin Campbell, president of Moen Americas, and Tom Koos, president and CEO of PrimeSource Brands, with the prestigious Spirit of Life Award.

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35th Anniversary: 35 Women in Flooring

Floor Covering News

While the flooring industry has been a “man’s world” for decades, women are rising in the ranks and accomplishing incredible things that have helped move the industry forward. Cheryl Acierno has been engaged in the floor covering industry for her entire career, owning Acierno & Company for the past 21 years. Cheryl Acierno.

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Lux Flooring’s laser focus on SPC

Floor Covering News

Lux Flooring’s SPC products feature a 22-mil thickness and a virgin stone core for added durability. W hile some flooring companies aim to be many different things to many different retailers—providing a breadth of product categories from wood to resilient to ceramic—Lux Flooring’s focus is singular: SPC luxury vinyl flooring.

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Support the Tile Heritage Foundation

Tile Talk

Shortly after I started Avente Tile, I remember Jorge Aguayo, of Aguayo Tile explaining that he had discovered many floors in disrepair while visiting Cuba. The Tile Heritage Foundation promotes an awareness and appreciation of tiles in the United States. His goal was to preserve these amazing tile tapestries.

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HempWood: Homegrown and eco-friendly

Floor Covering News

F or domestic floor covering manufacturers, it’s one thing to be able to locally source all the components that go into the making of the final product—not just the raw materials but also the adhesives, binders, etc. Greg Wilson, founder of HempWood, told Floor Covering News. “Our It’s been a long journey.

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Static COF and the new DCOF AcuTest

Kate-Lo Tile & Stone

T he method used for measuring COF of ceramic tile floors changed in 2012, after years of research and with the approval of the accredited national consensus of ANSI or American National Standards Institute. However, the technology on which the DCOF AcuTest is based on was not available in the United States until recently.