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Panariagroup USA has launched a new, state-of-the-art polishing line at its advanced manufacturing facility in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. This technology utilizes a sophisticated dry glaze application process and advanced polishing heads, delivering a flawless, polished surface that is highly resistant to stains and harsh cleaning chemicals. Read More

Tile Installation That's All About Quality By now, you must know we take quality tile installation seriously. Situations such as How Not to Install Tile on Floors, Walls, and in Showers make us ill; we break into hives and get very ugly. No homeowner should ever, ever find such poor tile work in his or her home. Assuming you, too, feel the burn for quality, you'll take these 15 tile installation resolutions to heart for 2025! Read More

The International Trade Administration published an update to the tariff situation on Indian tile in the Federal Register. Read More

This is to provide you with another update on today’s trade and tariff developments that can have a substantial impact on the business of CTDA members who are importers. These developments concern the Countervailing Duty (“CVD”) and Antidumping (“AD”) Cases involving Ceramic Tile from India, Case Nos. C-533-929 and A-533-928. These cases were initiated and prosecuted by the Coalition for Fair Trade in Ceramic Tile. Read More

We do not lack qualified installers. We could use more installers as skilled installers age out of the industry. The fact is that we lack qualified management. It isn’t the installers that cause failed installations, it is the management that won’t spend the time or money to properly manage their installers and oversee their work. Read More

Drake State Community and Technical College is launching a pilot Skills for Success – Flooring Installation Technician course. This program, the first of its kind in the region, is offered at no cost to participants. The curriculum is designed to prepare course graduates for successful careers in flooring installation. Read More

Tile Council of North America (TCNA) has been selected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to receive $2.2M in grant funding to reduce embodied carbon emissions in construction materials and products. Read More

Iris Ceramica Group, an Italy-based producer of high-end technical ceramic slabs, and Edison Next, a company in the Edison Group that supports customers along their decarbonization journey and ecological transition, announce the production of the world’s first 4D technical ceramic slab using a blend of green hydrogen–hydrogen obtained using renewable energy–and natural gas. Read More

Transom Capital Group, a middle market private equity firm, has acquired Virginia Tile Company. Read More

Today, U.S. ceramic tile manufacturers, representing over 90% of all U.S. ceramic tile manufacturing are filing anti-dumping and countervailing duty petitions with the federal government seeking the imposition of substantial tariffs on imports of ceramic tile from India to remedy unfairly low-priced imports that have injured domestic manufacturers and flooded the market with uncertified porcelain tiles. Read More