After enduring another very difficult year in 2011, there were numerous encouraging signs the U.S. economy and U.S. ceramic tile industry turned a corner last year and are on the road to recovery.
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2Q 2012 U.S. Ceramic Tile Industry Update
At the halfway point of 2012, U.S. ceramic tile consumption (the sum of U.S. shipments and imports less exports) was on pace to rise for the third year in a row.
Finding a Qualified Contractor
TCNA Bulletin: Choosing Your Tile Contractor TCNA Handbook Guidelines for Finding a Qualified Contractor (Excerpted from the 2018 TCNA Handbook for the Installation of Ceramic, Glass, and Stone Tile) To purchase a copy of the handbook, click here.
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Natural vs. Calibrated vs. Rectified Tiles
Did you know that the requirements in ANSI A137.1 Specifications for Ceramic Tile for dimensional variation depend not only on the type of tile (i.e. pressed floor tile, porcelain tile, etc.) but also how the edges have been finished or how they’ve been sorted in the factory?
Dynamic Coefficient of Friction (DCOF) of Hard Surface Flooring Materials
Since 2012, the ceramic tile industry standard for testing dynamic coefficient of friction (DCOF) has been the DCOF AcuTest.® DCOF AcuTest® is a registered TCNA designation for the test procedure contained in Section 9.6 of ANSI A137.1, the American...