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Ceramics of Italy unveils Cersaie 2024 trend report

Floor Covering News

Bologna, Italy—Ceramics of Italy unveiled its trend report from Cersaie 2024, a major tile trade show held here. Following is the full trend report: Color stories In the words of designer Ferruccio Laviani, “Color is itself a material thing, a pigment which penetrates the slab to become part of it, in tones and in touch.”

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Blake Christensen appointed to NSI executive committee

Floor Covering News

Oberlin, Ohio—The Natural Stone Institute (NSI) has selected Blake Christensen (Valley View Granite) to join the association’s executive committee as board secretary. “I Under his leadership, Valley View Granite has also participated in NSI’s Industry-Wide EPD report for countertops and donated to the Natural Stone Foundation.

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Inaugural Flooring Sustainability Summit set for July

Floor Covering News

The event is co-hosted by the Tile Council of North America (TCNA, National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA), Natural Stone Institute (NSI) and North American Laminate Flooring Association (NALFA). Participants will learn about and discuss embodied carbon standardization, transparency, accountability and reduction.

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“I Owe a Lot to This Industry”

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

CTaSC also is the co-publisher of the Catalina Stone Report that is updated every other year and is a contributor to the Catalina Ceramic Tile report. CTaSC also develops business and marketing plans for foreign and domestic companies trying to develop products or businesses for the ceramic tile or stone industries.

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Kitchen Sinks: How to Choose the Best Style for Your Needs

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Regarding design, undermount sinks offer an appealing aesthetic, make cleanup a breeze and are the ideal complement to popular natural stone and solid surface countertops,” Nealon explains. In fact, according to the NKBA design trends report , it’s the most popular kitchen sink material. Image courtesy of Moen.

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CUSTOM Leads Sustainability Charge with Green Products

CUSTOM Insights Blog

Driven by environmental regulation, project specification and client demand, green building continues to double every three years according to the World Green Building Trends 2016 report by Dodge Data & Analytics. Green Building Council LEED certification and are compliant with other green building industry standards.

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Tile Industry 2013: Primed for Recovery, Part 2

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

based Dancik International, a 27-year-old, 44-employee software firm specializing in ceramic tile, flooring and natural stone products, is also predicting growth. We attribute that to a pickup in home building, and to enthusiasm for our products following a product revamp,” he reports. “In A technology crossroads.

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