Elgin Butler to Acquire Lone Star Ceramics

Dallas, TX, July 24, 2007--Lone Star Ceramics will be acquired by the Elgin Butler Co. of Elgin, Texas.

 The Lone Star plant will be immediately relocated to the Elgin Butler corporate headquarters property (25 miles east of Austin) to benefit from the large-scale ceramic production, engineering and the resource infrastructure present there.

The company expects the newly-renovated Lone Star plant to be fully operational and producing fine unglazed porcelain mosaics and trims by December.

Elgin Butler has manufacturerd glazed brick and structural glazed tile since 1873 with a loyal network of distributors and architects across the United States.

“The addition of Lone Star commercial mosaic products will not only help our existing Elgin Butler Distributors capture projects,” said Matt Galvez, new Lone Star owner (and former President of Florida Tile). “But it will also enable us to bring Elgin Butler engineering and marketing resources to Lone Star to benefit the network of Lone Star independent distributors.  The market place desperately needs a second domestic source of high quality, unglazed dot mounted porcelain mosaics, and we plan to service this category to the best of our ability.” 

Elgin Butler also recently acquired the McIntyre Tile Company of Sonoma County, California (www.mcintyre-tile.com ), a leading producer of beautiful, hand-made upscale artisan tile and decorative tile since 1972. The artistry and porcelain experience of McIntyre Tile will also contribute to the revamped Lone Star product offering when production restarts in December 2007.