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EPA Announces Inclusion of Green Squared in Federal Government Recommendations of Specifications, Standards, and Ecolabels for Federal Purchasing

The Tile Council of North America Blog

“In establishing a sustainability initiative, it was our desire to put in place one standard and one mark across the tile industry to cover the products used over the course of an installation. These Recommendations were made to all U.S.

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Touting the merits of glue-down vinyl

Floor Covering News

The popular luxury vinyl construction took the industry by storm a mere handful of years ago and raised the resilient category up to the fastest growing and highest selling in decades. Inspired by decades-old painted floorboards, Silver Farmhouse Oak is part of Karndean’s popular Van Gogh collection.

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TISE 2024: Resilient flooring focuses on innovation

Floor Covering News

Resilient flooring remains the top seller in the industry, and suppliers came with new innovations meant to grab even more share in 2024. Las Vegas—The resilient flooring category remains the top performer in the industry, overtaking the carpet category in dollars for the first time in 2022—by a whopping $1.3B.

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Yumi and Hatano Studio: The Yoga of Color and Design

Making Tile Modern

I started my career in the financial industry as a programmer back in Japan. In 1997, I moved to the United States and, after finishing graduate school in Texas, I worked in NYC as a business analyst/project manager for financial firms. We were allowed to choose different materials, paint colors and so on.

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Wellmade expands capabilities

Floor Covering News

By Quinlan’s count—even before the new equipment is added—Wellmade currently produces roughly 50% of all the SPC made in the United States. because we anticipate really strong tailwinds with higher freight rates and some of the things that were going on a year and a half ago that are still impacting the industry,” Quinlan explained.

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Terry Green joins NWFA’s Legacy Scholarship

Floor Covering News

The NERF Legacy Scholarship program honors individuals who made significant contributions throughout their lives to advance the wood flooring industry. ” Green started his wood flooring career in the paint coatings industry.

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Avente Tile Talk: Thanks to the Tile Heritage Foundation

Tile Talk

The Preservation of our Tile Heritage The Tile Heritage Foundation promotes an awareness and appreciation of ceramic surfaces in the United States. A big drive is to transition their archive to an online searchable resource available to the industry and to the public. hand painted tile. backsplash designs. bathroom tile.

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