Coverings Best Booth Winners Named, Florim Takes Top Honor
Orlando, FL, April 6, 2017—Coverings has announced the winners of its 2017 Best Booth Awards.
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Coverings CID Awards and Rock Star Program Winners Announced
Orlando, FL, April 6, 2017—Coverings has announced the winners of its Installation & Design Awards as well as its Rock Stars Program, which honors top young professionals in the tile and stone industry.
Feb. Unemployment Rate Lower in 274 of 388 Metro Areas YOY
Washington, DC, April 6, 2017--Unemployment rates were lower in February than a year earlier in 274 of the 388 metropolitan areas, higher in 88 areas, and unchanged in 26 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported.
Claudio Bizzaglia Elected Chairman of ISO TC189 Committee
Anderson, SC, April 6, 2017—Claudio Bizzaglia, director of laboratory services at the Tile Council of North America (TCNA), has been elected to serve as chairman of the International Standards Organization's (ISO) TC189 Committee as of January 1, 2018, the ISO Central Secretariat recently announced.
NWFA Named Kjell Nymark Technical Advisor
St. Louis, MO, April 6, 2017—The National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) has hired Kjell Nymark as its technical advisor.
Tile Consumption Grew 5.8% in 2016
Orlando, FL, April 5, 2017—Strengthened 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.
Winners of 2017 Vision Design Awards Announced
Chattanooga, TN, April 5, 2017 – 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.
Tile Industry Launches 'Why Tile' Consumer Campaign
Orlando, FL, April 5, 2017—The 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.
Emil Ceramica Exhibits at Coverings as a Mohawk Entity
Orlando, FL, April 4, 2017—Emil Ceramica is exhibiting at Coverings 2017 after it was recently acquired by Mohawk
TCNA Announces ANSI Thin Tile Standards, Accreditation of Labs
Orlando, FL, April 5, 2017—More 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.