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The ProColor range from VitrA Tiles comprises contemporary and attractive colour options for today’s designers and specifiers. This range is ideally suited to the architectural specification market because it contains 38 RAL colours of fully-vitrified tiles, providing modularity and consistency for designers. The RAL system is used in architecture, construction and industry, so its use […]

Norcros Adhesives has promoted Mike Cubley to the position of Senior Technical Advisor, reporting to Mandy Searle, Head of Technical Services. Mike has been with the company for five years as a technical advisor, and his promotion follows his success in that role. It also reflects a continued growth in technical sales, which now requires […]

Mapei is happy to announce that it has reached its ambitious £10,000 fundraising target for Macmillan Cancer Support, having first partnered with the charity in 2016.  Managing Director at Mapei, Phil Breakspear says: “A lot of us have had dealings directly or through family and friends with cancer. When you do, you realise what an […]

Pattern has made its mark within the interiors world. From discreet motifs to striking geometric designs, pattern has become an influential design trend, one that has taken the nation by storm especially when it comes to transforming surfaces. Tapping into this incredibly popular design movement is the new patterned tile collection from Verona, a leading […]

TTA is a CITB Approved Training Organisation (ATO) and is taking the initiative to organise training courses with the aim of increasing understanding and fixer competence regarding the installation of Large Format Wall & Floor Tiles and Panels. ATO status means that the training courses that TTA provides are run to a defined and industry-agreed standard. […]

MUDD is the new tiling brand from BAL. This is positioned as a range of hard-working products to see you right through the installation, prepping and waterproofing, to fixing, grouting and sealing. The MUDD name has a knowing nod to the industry’s heritage of fixing techniques, but this brand is developed for the current market, […]

TTA has released the results of its regular market survey for Q1 2019. In addition to retail tile sales and tile adhesive sales, the survey includes tile distributors for the first time. This means it provides a more complete picture of the entire tile market, drawing data from all sectors. In the adhesive manufacturers’ survey […]

Tile distributors and retailers could find themselves coming unstuck over any tile fixer recommendations that they pass on to their customers. This is because one of the requirements incorporated into the latest revision of the main British Standard on tiling (BS 5385 Part 1: 2018) includes a clause relating to workmanship (Clause 7.1.3).  For the first […]

Norcros Adhesives is announcing another phase of new investments to meet rising demand for its range of tiling and flooring preparation, fixing and finishing products.  The company is investing in new packaging equipment, additional staff and an increase in the number of manufacturing shifts from two to three.  These investments follow an increase of 150 […]

The construction products manufacturing sector reported favourable results in the first quarter of 2019, with continued growth in the sales of products and materials. Despite the environment of uncertainty relating to Brexit, manufacturers’ sales expectations for the next 12 months remain optimistic. The Construction Products Association’s State of Trade Survey for 2019 Q1 reveals that […]