| | | Apr 05, 2017 / The Right News Right When It Happens | | Top Story | | | | Tile Consumption Grew 5.8% in 2016 | | Orlando, FL, April 5, 2017ÂStrengthened by steady growth in the housing and construction markets, the U.S. economy continued to expand in 2016, helping lift the U.S. ceramic tile market to a seventh straight year of growth, reports the Tile Council of North America. | | |
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| | Today's Flooring News | | | | Emil Ceramica Exhibits at Coverings as a Mohawk Entity | | Orlando, FL, April 4, 2017ÂEmil Ceramica is exhibiting at Coverings 2017 after it was recently acquired by Mohawk | | |
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| | | | Winners of 2017 Vision Design Awards Announced | | Chattanooga, TN, April 5, 2017 Â Floor Focus magazine is honored to announce the winners of the eighth annual Vision Design Awards. Architecture and design firms from across North America submitted innovative projects that were judged primarily on the integration of the floor with the overall space design. | | |
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| | | | Tile Industry Launches 'Why Tile' Consumer Campaign | | Orlando, FL, April 5, 2017ÂThe tile industry has united in a marketing and education initiative designed to inspire consumers and provide information on all of tile's benefits. The campaign, called Why Tile, is being introduced to the industry here at Coverings. | | |
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| | | TCNA Announces ANSI Thin Tile Standards, Accreditation of Labs | | Orlando, FL, April 5, 2017ÂMore than four years of cross-disciplinary industry collaboration and 4,000-plus hours of research from the TCNA Laboratory Services team have culminated in today's announcement of two new standards: ANSI A137.3, the American National Standard Specifications for Gauged Porcelain Tiles and Gauged Porcelain Tile Panels/Slabs, and its companion, ANSI A108.19, Interior Installation of Gauged Porcelain Tiles and Gauged Porcelain Tile Panels/Slabs by the Thin-Bed Method bonded with Modified Dry-Set Cement Mortar or Improved Modified Dry-Set Cement Mortar. | | |
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| | | Fuse Welcomes Two New Members & One New Supplier | | Laguna Niguel, CA, April 5, 2017ÂFuse Alliance has announced that two new commercial flooring contractors have joined its network: Allegiance Floors and Garmon & Company. | | |
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| | | ISM Service Sector Index Reports Contraction in February | | Tempe, AZ, April 5, 2017ÂThe Non-Manufacturing Index registered 55.2%, which is 2.4 percentage points lower than the February reading of 57.6%, according to the Non-Manufacturing ISM Report On Business. | | |
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| | | Home Prices Rose 1% in February, Up 7% YOY | | Irvine, CA, April 5, 2017ÂHome prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased year over year by 7% in February 2017 compared with February 2016 and increased month over month by 1% in February 2017 compared with January 2017, according to the CoreLogic Home Price Index. | | |
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| | | Forbo Announces Price Increase | | Hazleton, PA, April 5, 2017Â-Forbo Flooring Systems is implementing a 3% price increase on all commercial and residential flooring and sundry products, effective May 1. | | |
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| | | Coverings 2017 Starts Today | | Orlando, FL, April 4, 2017ÂCoverings, the largest tile show in North American, kicks off today in Orlando, Florida at the Orange County Convention Center. | | |
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Featured Video | | | Crossville's Scott Jones Discusses Popular Tile Trends for American End Users | | April 5, 2017—Scott Jones, Director of Product Management at Crossville, and Kemp Harr discuss the tile looks that are selling well here in the | | |
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