May 20, 2008—Taped last week at the HD Expo in Las Vegas, Kemp Harr and Liz Sommerville discuss the highlights of the show. Listen to the interview to hear who attends the show and what the show has to offer its attendees. You can also learn more about the Hospitality market overall.
May 19, 2008—Kemp Harr interviews Massimo Barbari of Florida Tile, a company with striking Italian tile designs that last year set up domestic production in Kentucky. Florida Tile primarily competes in the residential market but its long term plans are to offer commercial products as well. View the interview to hear Florida Tile's market strategy through this short-term economic dip and beyond and to learn more about their new products.
May 15, 2008—Kemp Harr speaks with Rogelio Elizonda of Lamosa, Mexico's largest manufacturer of ceramic tile at their booth at Coverings 2008 in Orlando, FL. Listen to the interview to hear about Lamosa's recent acquisition of Porcelanite and the new products they import into the U.S. under the Firenze brand name. View the interview to see one of the award winning booths at this year's Coverings show.
May 14, 2008—Learn about design oriented Spanish tile producer Inalco by watching this interview with Mike Hammond, Inalco’s head of U.S. Sales. Yesterday, Inalco’s booth at Coverings 2008 won the top booth award. Don’t miss this interview where we give you a tour of their booth and talk about their extremely innovative and creative new products—which are created using a recently developed digital printing process.
May 13, 2008—In a recent interview at Coverings 2008, Kemp Harr and Eric Astrachan talk about the size of the North American tile market and the shift toward more U.S. based manufacturing. Eric also gives his forecast about where he thinks the tile market is headed in North America for the future.
May 12, 2008—Kemp Harr interviews Javier Soler at the 2008 Coverings show about Tau's approach to the U.S. tile market. Watch the video to learn more about Tau's new products and market strategy for 2008.
May 9, 2008—In a discussion with Kemp Harr, Hector Narvaez announces a new Marazzi brand called Level for a new line of products made in the USA but sold through a group of distributors that historically have only sold imported tile. Watch the interview to hear more about Marazzi's new products, their marketing strategy, and the design trends that are selling well here in the U.S.
May 8, 2008—Jeanne Nichols talks about their impressive growth in the commercial market here in the U.S. Watch the interview to hear more about the markets they focus on and the new products they are introducing for 2008. Jeanne also talks about current design trends for ceramic tiles.
May 7, 2008—Donato Grosser and Kemp Harr discuss the long standing leadership of the Italians in the worldwide tile market. Listen to the interview to hear more about the shifts in the U.S. import market and what the Italians are doing to maintain leadership.
May 2, 2008—Kemp Harr interviews Laurie Lyza in front of the Crossville booth at Coverings 2008. Laurie talks about EcoCycle which is independently certified to contain post industrial content. This qualifies it for LEED points. Listen to the interview to hear about Plan, their new outdoor collection.