Though the resilient category isn't in the clear just yet, conditions are improving_ as much as the flooring industry can improve in this economy. In this case, improving means 2010 may be the end to a consistent drop in category sales ...
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Coming off what most industry executives considered be a terrible 2009, the ceramic segment was looking for something, anything resembling a turnaround heading into 2010. And while certain indicators signaled a modest increase of 5% to 6% ...
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At the end of 2009, following back-to-back years of devastating, unparalleled loses, most industry executives said the upcoming year couldn't get any worse. Well, on one hand they were essentially correct. But, just because things didn't ...
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On June 2nd, 2011, the Korea Trade Commission announced a verdict that Korea will implement an anti-dumping tariff rate ranging from 9.14% to 29.42% on China's tile suppliers as well as 16.07% on other ceramic suppliers. Furthermore, the ...
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By Congoleum's Roger Marcus, president and CEO, and Dennis Jarosz, senior vice president of sales and marketing If we travel back 25 years in history, we find that what we now call resilient flooring was primarily called vinyl or, in the ...
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The EU commission is set to impose duties on tiles imported from China at a meeting of EU government officials later this week. European manufacturers made a complaint to the European Union in June 2010 following an increase in imports of ...
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A meeting of EU Member States voted in favour of imposing provisional tariffs on imported tiles from China, with the UK having abstained on the vote. The EU Commission is likely to confirm this over the coming few days with provisional ...
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As one of the four municipalities in China mainland Shanghai is the center of China's economy, finance, trade and shipping. This international metropolis is a runway to numerous world famous sanitary ware brands. Some of the world's top ...
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In May, 2011, the industrial completed added value of the building material sector increased by 27.7% compared with last May. From January to May, 2011, the industrial added value completed by building sanitary ware sector has increased by ...
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On 16 March the European Union confirmed the imposition of provisional tariffs on ceramic tiles from China. The duties range from 26.2% to 36.6% for all the Chinese companies that cooperated with the Commission's investigation. A residual ...
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The Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt,National Design Museum will celebrate outstanding achievement in design this fall with its 12th annual National Design Awards program.Today,Cooper-Hewitt Director Bill Moggridge announced the winners and ...
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The philosopher Aristotle once said, "If one way be better than another, that you may be sure it is nature's way." A widespread embrace of sustainability initiatives brought the resilient flooring industry to a realization that nature's way ...
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In accordance with CNCA[2010] No.25 "Notice on New Implementation Rules for Compulsory Certification of Decorating Products and Requirements", implementation rules for compulsory certification of Decorating Products, including solvent ...
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