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Orders for Manufactured Goods Rose 2.6% in March

Washington, DC, April 24, 2024—New orders for manufactured durable goods in March, up two consecutive months, increased $7.3 billion or 2.6% to $283.4 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced.

Coverings Names 2024 CID Award Winners

Atlanta, GA, April 24, 2024––Coverings has bestowed Coverings Installation & Design (CID) Awards to recognize 21 exceptional projects for their ingenuity, craftsmanship and technical proficiency in the use of tile and stone.

Mobile Marketing Named a 2024 Google Partner

Royersford, PA, April 24, 2024—Mobile Marketing was recently named a Premier Partner in the Google Partner program for 2024.

Mortgage Applications Declined 2.7% in Week Ending April 19

Washington, DC, April 24, 2024—Mortgage applications decreased 2.7% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending April 19, 2024.

New Home Sales Rose 8.8% in March

Washington, DC, April 23, 2024—Sales of new single-family houses in March 2024 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 693,000, according to estimates released jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 8.8% above the revised February rate of 637,000 and 8.3 percent% above the March 2023 estimate of 640,000.

U.S. Ceramic Manufacturers Seeking Tariffs Against Indian Imports

Clemson, SC, April 23, 2024-U.S. ceramic tile manufacturers, representing over 90% of all U.S. ceramic tile manufacturing are filing anti-dumping and countervailing duty petitions with the federal government seeking the imposition of substantial tariffs on imports of ceramic tile from India to remedy unfairly low-priced imports that have injured domestic manufacturers and flooded the market with uncertified porcelain tiles.

U.S. Ceramic Consumption Declined 7.3% in 2023

Clemson, SC, April 23, 2024-U.S. ceramic tile consumption in 2023 was 2.85 billion square feet, down 7.3% from the previous year, according to the Tile Council of North America.

Schlüter Family Named Tile Person of the Year by TCNA

Clemson, SC, April 23, 2024—The Tile Council of North America (TCNA) presented its Tile Person of the Year honor to the Schlüter family—Werner, Barbara, Udo and Marc—at Coverings 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.

CFI Announces New Board Members, Rod Von Busch Named Chair

Dalton, GA, April 23, 2024—Certified Flooring Installers (CFI) announces the appointment of Rod Von Busch, vice president of operations at CDI Floors, as its new board chair.