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TCNA Members Donate Tiled Doghouses to The Animal Foundation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 7, 2022 (Clemson, SC)—Tile Council of North America, Inc. (TCNA) members will donate handcrafted, one-of-a-kind tiled doghouses to “The Animal Foundation” at Coverings 2022 in Las Vegas, NV. The participating companies include: American...
2021 U.S. Ceramic Tile Market Update
ANSI ASC A108 Committee Approves New 2 cm Gauged Porcelain Tile Paver Standard
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 5, 2022 (Clemson, SC)— After three years and hundreds of hours of research by the TCNA Product Performance Testing Laboratory, Tile Council of North America (TCNA) is pleased to announce the ANSI ASC A108 Committee’s approval of a standard...
TCNA’s Martha Salazar is a 2022 Rock Star
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 1, 2022 (Clemson, SC)— The Tile Council of North America (TCNA) is pleased to announce Martha Salazar, Director of Marketing for TCNA-Mexico, has been named a Coverings 2022 Rock Star Award recipient. The Rock Stars program is the tile...
Tile Industry Launches an Industry-Organized Fundraiser to provide Humanitarian Relief for Ukrainian Children
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 1, 2022—updated (Clemson, SC)— In response to information from our tile industry colleagues in the Ukraine, the Tile Council of North America (TCNA), the National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA), and the Ceramic Tile Distributors...
Testing Available for New ISO Standards on Antibacterial Activity Specific for Ceramic Tile
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 18, 2022 (Clemson, SC)— Antimicrobial testing using new ISO standards is now available from the Life Sciences Research department of the Tile Council of North America (TCNA) Product Performance Testing Laboratory. “Architects and...
National Standard, ANSI A326.3, Now Requires Hard Surface Flooring Manufacturers to Provide Product Use Classifications Based on their Slip Resistance Properties
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 2, 2022 Download Full ANSI A326.3 Press Kit and FAQs HERE (Clemson, SC)— Tile Council of North America (TCNA) announces the addition of a five-category “product use classification system” in ANSI A326.3 American National Standard Test...
US Ceramic Tile Market Update – Q3 2021
Creating Good Friction: Pitt Engineers Aim to Make Floors Less Slippery
Swanson School collaborators Kurt Beschorner and Tevis Jacobs will use a NIOSH award to measure floor-surface topography and create a predictive model of friction Re-posted December 1, 2021 from University of Pittsburg, Swanson School of Engineering Friction is the...