- Venture Homes
ClosetMaid The Mastersuite master bedroom closet system from ClosetMaid has shelves that can be either floor- or wall-mounted. The system includes shoe cubbies and jewelry trays as well as a slide-out chrome valet rod. Smooth-sliding drawers are available in 6- and 10-inch depths. IN MY OWN WORDS "Our home buyers ......
- Sold on Ceramic.
Tile manufacturers expanding channels of distribution for continued growth. New residential construction and home renovations are driving ceramic file sales, which posted some impressive numbers in 1998. Last year, ceramic tile sales outperformed every other floor covering product, claiming 18.1 percent of the total hard surface market, and in the ......
- Jim Dougherty Crossville Ceramics.
Jim Dougherty is vice president of marketing and business development at Crossville Ceramics in Crossville, Tenn., a company that was founded in 1986 and is the only domestic producer of porcelain tile. Flooring Magazine invited Dougherty to discuss the changing ceramic tile marketplace and the floor covering retailer. Flooring: Ceramic ......
- Florida Tile.
COMPANY PROFILE Florida Tile Industries Inc. was founded in 1954 by Jimmy and Leon Sikes. The company is a distributor and manufacturer of ceramic wall and floor tile and an importer and distributor of ceramic, natural stone, and porcelain products. The corporate headquarters is located in Lakeland, Fla., with a ......
- Materials and location + proper maintenance =
functional flooring.
In the past, aesthetic and functional qualities of hard-surface flooring systems were the major purchasing considerations of those building owners and facilities managers making flooring selections. Today, however, flooring experts agree the most often asked questions among today's decision-makers center around maintenance concerns. According to a spokesman from Farmington, MI-based ......
- MERGERS/ACQUISITIONS.
Dal-Tile International and Italian tile maker EmilCeramica have formed a joint venture that will sell, distribute and manufacture porcelain tile for the North American market. During the first phase, the joint venture will sell products to Dal-Tile's customers supplied by EmilCeramica's production facility in Italy. The second phase, scheduled for ......
- Ceramic Tile Enters the Stone Age.
Rustic, Stone Looks, Porcelain Tile Look Great in '98 Ceramic tile manufacturers say they will take American consumers back to the Stone Age this year. Underlying many of their new product introductions is the trend toward natural rustic looks, particularly limestone, slate, and travertine. Of these natural newcomers, Massimo Ballucchi, ......