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Back to Basics: AC’s Ceramic Tile Collections

Architectural Ceramics

Countries like Spain, Italy, France and the Netherlands all have signature styles: Photo: A wall in the Alhambra; image via Libby Turner Dickstein for Architectural Ceramics. Today, the country is also known for its modern production. When it comes to modernity in tile, Italy makes the most porcelains sold in the industry.

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Decocer thinks ‘big’ with small tile

Floor Covering News

Known for its small-size ceramic products for manufacturers, distributors, architects and other design professionals, Decocer currently sells throughout the United States, which is the company’s primary client and accounts for more than 50% of sales. Since Decocer creates custom products, there is no need to maintain a U.S. fan base.

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Global trendsetters on display at Domotex USA 2020

Floor Covering News

“In addition to the global flooring industry on display, we specifically built this year’s educational program to grow our attendees’ businesses.”. As a global leader in flooring IP and technologies, Netherlands-based I4F believes it is critical to be everywhere its customers are around the world.

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Tile of Spain Announces Winners of the 18th Annual Tile of Spain Awards

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

The panel of judges was chaired by Jacob van Rijs, an architect and urban planner born in Amsterdam, Netherlands. With one of the purest and strongest domestic clays available, Spanish manufacturers have an unparalleled ability to make the end product more diverse. The Judges.

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ABK Group completes acquisition in France

Ceramics of Italy

In contrast to what has been happening in other industrial sectors, the Italian ABK Group has continued its expansion programme with the acquisition of French firm Desvres. ABK Group will invest in remodelling the Boussois factory owned by the French company, which was founded in 1863 and posted revenues of more than €40 million in 2020.

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UNY-Groups partners with Välinge

Floor Covering News

Japan—UNY-Group, an importer and producer of flooring products for the European market with a sales focus in the Netherlands, UK and Germany, is investing in a new production facility to better serve the European market. Production is due to start in Q1 2021, and the capacity is 8.5 million square meters of SPC and LVT.

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Reshoring Initiative gains steam, more needs to be done

Floor Covering News

T he crippling shipping delays and logjams that plagued the flooring industry in the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and into the early part of 2022 have finally begun to subside. as evidenced by a perennial lopsided trade deficit with China—continues to rely heavily on imports of many popular and essential products.