Bostik, an adhesive technology company, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Usina Fortaleza, a manufacturer of tiling adhesives for the construction industry in Brazil. As the new shareholder, Bostik intends to continue the company’s existing investment program in order to grow at a higher rate and increase its market share.
Advanced Adhesive Technologies, Inc. is pleased to announce that their company website has a new look, with updated logos, enhanced graphics and an improved user interface.
MAPEI has announced that it has received the Tile Council of North America’s Green Squared certification for its first tile and stone installation product – Ultralite Mortar.
Bosch Power Tools is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of its industry tool repair service, RapidRepair. Launched in 2002, RapidRepair can be found in a network of more than 700 service locations throughout the U.S., making it easy and convenient for Bosch customers to utilize the company's repair services.
Bosch has launched a full line, for oscillating tools, of titanium-coated segmented and full-circle cutting blades along with a new teardrop-shaped carbide blade for grout and thinset removal.
Today’s installers have the benefit of many specialized grouts and mortars that make ceramic tile installation easier and better for the environment, while making the jobsite safer for both the installer and the homeowner.
Committed to providing building professionals in the tile and flooring industry high-performance product solutions, the USG portfolio of backerboards, underlayments and membranes is versatile, easy to install and provides the strength beneath the surface customers know they can trust.
In 2009, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), a multi-program science and technology laboratory managed by UT-Battelle, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy began construction on a new three-story, 160,000 square-foot Chemical and Materials Sciences Building.