Laticrete Opens New Corporate Campus

Bethany, CT, June 30, 2008--Laticrete marked the grand opening of its new $24 million corporate campus on June 24 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Bethany.

The new 32,000 square foot office building, designed and built by Pustola & Associates, features stone, ceramic, porcelain, stainless steel and glass tiles, all which were installed with LEED compliant, Greenguard certified installation materials from Laticrete.

The installation was done by leading tile and stone contractors including Atlantic Masonry, Joseph Cohn and Son and Gady Contracting.

Henry M. Rothberg, Laticrete founder and chairman emeritus, cut the ceremonial ribbon with his wife and co founder, Lillian. They were joined by their two sons and current co-owners, David and Henry.

During the late 1940s and early ‘50s, Rothberg, a graduate of the University of South Carolina’s engineering program, dedicated himself to improving the materials and methods for installing ceramic tile and stone. His research led to the first latex-fortified Portland-cement based adhesive for the thin-set method of installing ceramic tile and stone.

In 1956, he founded Laticrete.