Artistic Tile recently received a special Craft Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Tile Industry for its collaboration on the design elements of the new Artistic Tile showroom in LuxeHome at Chicago's Merchandise Mart. The award is sponsored by the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC) International Union.
Boa-Franc, maker of the Mirage hardwood flooring brand, has launched "Spring calls for change," a flooring sale that gives consumers the chance to save $10 per box of any Mirage product they purchase at participating Mirage dealers.
Over the course of four days, and with more than 75 industry leaders in attendance, the meetings focused on approving the 2010 budget, outlining strategic plans and goals for all divisions and committees for 2010 and '11, and finalizing several new technical documents for the NTCA Reference Manual.
Bellavita Tile’s recently launched Website, www.bellavitatile.com, features tile trends and project inspirations using the company’s line of glass, metal, glazed porcelain and ceramic tile.
The Chattanooga Advertising Federation recently presented Shaw Floors with two ADDY Awards. The Shaw Anso nylon Consumer Brochure won a Gold ADDY Award and the 2008 Shaw Sustainability Report won a Silver ADDY Award.
The second day of Expo Revestir in São Paulo, Brazil,
brought together exhibitors and representatives of the Association of Italian
Manufacturers of Machinery and Equipment for Ceramics (ACIMAC) to discuss
market trends for Italian ceramic tiles and its relationship with Brazil.
According to Expo Revestir president, Antonio Carlos Kieling, "The expectations
for this market in 2010 are the best. Two years after the crisis that shook the
whole world economy, we expect our field to present an increase of 8.47% in its
figures."