Orchid Ceramics Gets Product Certification

Tulsa, OK, Jan. 23, 2009--Orchid Ceramics said its full line of porcelain products, sold under the Orchid Porcelain brand, were tested and certified as true porcelain tile by the Porcelain Tile Certification Agency (PTCA).

 The PTCA was created in November 2007 by the Ceramic Tile Distributors Association and the Tile Council of North America to certify porcelain tile and bring porcelain education to the market.

The tile is now certified to meet the standards of durability that the industry expects from a porcelain product.

In order to have their products certified, Orchid submitted all of its porcelain tile to the PTCA for independent third party testing. True porcelain tiles are rated with a water absorption of 0.5% or less.