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NSI names 2023 award winners

Floor Covering News

Katie Jensen (Triton Stone Group) is the 2023 Women in Stone Pioneer Award recipient. Oberlin, Ohio—Katie Jensen (Triton Stone Group) is the 2023 Women in Stone Pioneer Award recipient, which was awarded by the Natural Stone Institute. “It She is a pioneer and an advocate for all women in stone.”

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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. And with such a meteoric rise, the category has attracted subpar players, offering shoddy, commodity-driven product that does not meet high quality, performance and/or environmental standards. Pictured is Brulee.

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Medieval Flooring & Encaustic Tile

Architectural Ceramics

Come with us back in time to learn a few quick facts about medieval flooring, from stone to encaustic! As time progressed and the tile manufacturing became more standardized and abundant, tiles became more available to the rising merchant class. Do you see large, worn pieces of stone assembled together? Medieval Flooring.

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Static COF and the new DCOF AcuTest

Kate-Lo Tile & Stone

COF is a standardized method to measure the frictional resistance of a walking surface, in this case, tile. 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.

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COVERINGS 2017 CELEBRATES FIRST-EVER NATIONAL TILE DAY

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

ARLINGTON, VA – February 23, 2017) Today Coverings , the largest international tile & stone exhibition in North America, celebrates National Tile Day , which recognizes the value of tile in today’s architecture and design. Coverings is the largest and most important ceramic tile and natural stone trade fair and expo in the United States.

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It all makes Cents: Rudi’s Tile & Design Construction

The Pulse: Ardex Americas

When Markus came to the United States, he brought decades of experience, and his love of ARDEX products, with him. He used ARDEX X 77™ MICROTEC® Fiber Reinforced Tile and Stone Mortar​​​​​​, ARDEX FL™ Rapid Set, Flexible, Sanded Grout and ARDEX SX™ 100% Silicone Sealant for Tile and Stone Applications for shower surround.

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Chinese Tariffs and their Effect on the Tile Industry

Architectural Ceramics

We also may not get the sizes we love right away because these countries’ standard sizes are unlike ours. We will still have to source outside of the United States for at least in the short term because of lacking supply domestically. Before 2019, the duty for tile imported from China was: 8.5% for glass 4.9%

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