Laticrete recently made a generous donation to Bethany, CT, resident
Ben Haag for his Leadership Service Project for Boy Scouts of America, the
final step in earning the organizations top rank of Eagle Scout.
The U.S. Department of Energy will launch its "Cash for
Appliances" program this fall, providing nearly $300 million in stimulus
funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to consumers who purchase
new energy-efficient kitchen appliances.
The U.S. Green Building
Council (USGBC) has announced former Vice President Al Gore as the opening keynote
speaker for its annual Greenbuild International Conference & Expo in November.
RAK Ceramics Corp. (USA), the US arm of the United Arab Emirates-based ceramic and porcelain
tile product manufacturing facility, has announced an increased focus on the
United States marketplace.
MAPEI is lending its facilities and personnel, as well as donating product in support of tile installers seeking certification in their field. The Ceramic Tile Education Foundation (CTEF) provides the certification.
The 8th Annual
Minnesota Tile Festival, a one-day event set for September 19, serves as a
yearly gathering for “for those who love tiles, make tiles and collect tiles,”
says the Handmade Tile Association, organizer of the event.
The Marble Institute of America (MIA) has joined a building products and
home furnishings coalition to help support the passage of H.R. 3382, the Home
Improvements Revitalize the Economy Act of 2009 (HIRE Act).
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The Full Frontal Tile & Stone Expo (FFTSE) opens its doors tomorrow
at 10 a.m. at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Center at Darling Harbor,
Sydney, Australia.
StonePeak Ceramics has been recognized for its porcelain tile products with GREENGUARD Indoor
Air Quality and GREENGUARD Children & Schools Certifications.
Four major flooring associations -- the World Floor Covering Association, Carpet and Rug Institute, National Wood Flooring Association and Resilient Floor Covering Institute -- have endorsed the Home Improvements Revitalize the Economy (HIRE) Act of 2009, H.R. 3382, a bill that would create a tax deduction of up to $4,000 for consumers who purchase qualified building products and home furnishings.
Bostik Inc.’s Construction & Industrial (C&I) Business
Unit has launched a blog, “From the Floor Up,” which is designed to give technical
information to flooring and tile installers.
The Ceramic Tile Education Foundation (CTEF) has announced
its certification and tile installation education schedule for the summer and fall
season. Certification testing and educational courses are held in the CTEF
facility located in Pendleton,
S.C. unless otherwise noted.
Walker Zanger recently contributed to the renovation of the Metropolitan
Museum of Art in New York City, specifically for The Charles Engelhard Court in
The American Wing of the museum.
On July 31,
2009, Fritz Industries’ founder Charles Frederick “Fritz” Weisend passed away
peacefully in his sleep following a brief illness. He was 83.
ParexLahabra has announced the
retirement of its president Francois Bouan, effective Oct. 1.,
2009. He will be succeeded by current executive vice president, Rodrigo
Lacerda.
Provisions of the HIRE Act, which apply to households with income up to
$300,000, provide a tax deduction of $2,000 per family and tax credits of $500
for the purchase of qualified home furnishings and building products.
The
Tile Council of North America (TCNA) is conducting a one-hour webinar August 5
designed to “describe ways that tile and related products can contribute
towards achieving credits in LEED Version 3,” the association says.
TAU is investing more than four million Euros ($5.6M) in an industrial investment plan designed to help “adapt its business to the new economic circumstances.” The plan, which has already been implemented, is scheduled to last through February 2010.
CCA
Global Partners, together with industry friends and flooring suppliers, will
join forces Sept. 24 for the sixth annual Alan Greenberg Charity Golf
Tournament benefiting the Floor Covering Industry Foundation (FCIF).
Eliane’s EcoStone collection of porcelain tiles was recently
awarded the Fritz Muller Award, recognized by the Santa Catarina Environmental
Foundation (FATMA) for being “the top ecological porcelain product from Brazil.”
GerrityStone is being showcased in York Maine’s 20th Annual Decorator Show House presented by the Museums of Old York. The Show House, now open and running through August 15, “is considered one of New England’s landmark decorating events and represents a true collaboration of some of the regions’ most talented interior designers,” the company says.
Dal-Tile Corp. has introduced a customized
cutting service that allows any Daltile or American Olean ceramic or porcelain
floor tile to be custom ordered in linear and rectangular sizes, ranging from a
minimum of 2” wide to a maximum of 24” long.
LATICRETE recently donated the tile installation products used in the season finale of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition – Indianapolis. Hosted by Ty Pennington, the two-hour season finale aired on May 17, 2009, documenting and celebrating a brand new home for Bernard McFarland and his three sons in the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood on the city’s blue-collar, near northeast side.
Carrara, the Italian home to marble quarries since the
second century B.C., has recognized Walker Zanger with the key to
the city in honor of the company’s “decades-long effort to promote Carrara’s
marble to the rest of the world,” notes Walker Zanger.
The master tile
setter previously served Lakeside Stoneworks as project manager. Kimmerling
will report directly to regional sales manager Walt Stivers.
LATICRETE says its entire range of GREENGUARD certified products have passed “the most
stringent emissions criteria to-date” and are now certified under GREENGUARD
for Children & Schools.
TAU Advanced says it has “made a commitment to develop a solidarity project whose aim is to help to build the dormitories for the Tibetan Children’s Village (TCV) Orphanage," one of the Orphanage Missions in Dharamsala — the Indian city which provides shelter for refugee children from Tibet.
The 8th Annual
Minnesota Tile Festival, a one-day event set for Sept. 19, serves as a yearly
gathering for “for those who love tiles, make tiles and collect tiles,” says
the Handmade Tile Association, organizer of the event.
Architect Renzo Piano has been tapped to keynote Cersaie’s Architecture Day (October 1). The presentation, “Creating Architecture,” will be held in the Palazzo dei Congressi in Bologna, Italy.
LATICRETE has launched its newly
enhanced warranty program that “simplifies the wide array of warranties
currently offered on LATICRETE products for architects, specifiers and tile
contractors, the company says.
Registration
for the North American Floor Covering Distributors’ (NAFCD) 38th Annual
Meeting, set for Sept. 22-24 at the Renaissance Glendale Hotel & Spa in
Glendale, AZ, has been opened.
The Marble Institute of
America (MIA)/Stone World Magazine Industry Education
program turns its sights to Vermont and Canada for a two-day tour October 7-8.
