Bolstered by the improving construction and housing markets, the U.S. economy and ceramic tile industry continued to expand in 2013.
In the residential market new home starts increased for the fourth straight year and were at their highest annual level since 2007. The 925,000 units started in 2013 represented an 18.5% increase from the previous year.1
U.S. Tile Consumption Overview U.S. ceramic tile consumption through 2Q 2014 was 1.21 billion sq. ft. (-1.1% vs. 2Q 2013 YTD). If the trend continues for the remainder of the year, this would be the first year-over-year decline in consumption since 2009. The following...
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Bolstered by the improving housing market, the U.S. economy and ceramic tile industry continued to expand in 3Q 2013.
U.S. unemployment continued to steadily decline through 3Q. As of Sept. the rate was at7.2%, down from 7.8% in Sept. 2012 (source: Bureau of Labor Statistics).
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, new home starts in Sept. were at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of873,000 units, up 2.2% from Sept. 2012.
A137.2 This Update, released January 31, 2014, provides changes to the A137.2-2012 standard that were balloted and approved by the ANSI Accredited Standards Committee A108 in 2013. It accompanies and brings current all printed and digital copies of A137.2-2012. These...
ANSI standards are periodically revised and reaffirmed by the ANSI Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) A108. TCNA uses the nomenclature system described below to indicate the year in which an ANSI standard has been revised and/or reaffirmed and when it was made...