Awards

TTA CALLS FOR ENTRIES FOR 2020 AWARDS

If you are planning to enter the TTA Awards the year – and why wouldn’t you!? – you need to get your entries in by 31 December. There will be no possibility of an extension beyond the deadline this time. Awards day will be on Friday 27 March at The Hilton Birmingham Metropole. Winning a TTA Award is […]

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Featured, Products

MANCHESTER TOOL COMPANY SECURES NATIONAL TV SHOW INVESTMENT

Manchester-based start-up, pipeEasy Limited, has received a £41,000 investment after appearing on BBC Two’s Dragons’ Den.  Former floor-fitter/salesman and founder of pipeEasy Limited, Teirnan McCorkell, went into the Den hoping for a £41,000 investment in exchange for a 15% stake in the business and his patent-pending product.  The inventor showed the Dragons prototypes of his surfacing measuring […]

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Exhibitions, General

CERSAIE EXCEEDS 112,000 VISITORS AND CONFIRMS ITS INTERNATIONAL APPEAL

Cersaie 2019 recorded a total of 112,340 visitors, marginally up on the 2018 number. Of those, 52,997, 42.7%of the total, were international visitors. There were 889 exhibitors, of which 38.5% were from outside Italy. The ceramic tile sector accounted for the largest number of exhibitors, followed by bathroom furnishings. All the events were strongly attended, […]

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Featured, General

LATICRETE EXPANDS PRESENCE IN ITALY WITH ACQUISITION OF BENFER SCHOMBERG SRL

LATICRETE International has acquired BENFER SCHOMBURG S.R.L. BENFER is a leading producer of adhesives and sealants for ceramic and natural stone floor and wall coverings, with an impressive track record of growth. The general management of the company will continue under the direction of Giorgio Cocchi, previous owner of BENFER, with the support of Eddy […]

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