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Fireclay Tile’s new San Francisco designer showroom opens

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Fireclay Tile, one of the Bay Area’s leading sustainable tile manufacturers, has officially opened the doors to its new designer showroom, located in San Francisco’s style-centric design district. The new showroom features all of Fireclay’s handmade, American-crafted artisanal tile designs in addition to collaborative space shared with two other Bay Area local manufacturers, Restoration Timber & Wooden Window.Fireclay Tile showroom

The new Fireclay Tile showroom is staffed with experienced design professionals with over 50 years in the tile and surfacing industry. Wendy Ruffier is a showroom designer with 10 years previous experience at Waterworks. With 40 years of experience in the tile industry, Bill Palmer, Fireclay's new head of sales, has worked for companies including Heath Ceramics, McIntyre, and Elgin Butler. Fireclay Tile is joining two other local Bay Area manufacturers, who both share the same sustainable focus.

Beautiful, sustainable and stunning, Fireclay Tile’s recycled products are the most environmentally conscious tile materials available in the Bay Area. Fireclay Tile is the only manufacturer in the Bay Area that incorporates locally sourced recycled materials into its tile products. Materials include recycled waste glass, recycled granite dust, and landfill-bound recycled porcelain from San Francisco and San Jose. Fireclay Tile design materials include Debris Series Recycled Ceramic Tile, Crush 100% Recycled Glass Tile, Vitrail Series Handmade Tile, Claymonde Ceramic Sheets, Express Quick Ship Tile and Glazed Thin Brick.

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Surfaces 2013 -- to be held in conjunction with StonExpo/Marmomacc Americas -- is slated for January 29 to 31 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV. The show, which also includes an extensive educational program that will be held from January 28 to 31, provides a place for thousands of floor covering retailers, distributors, installers, architects, designers and builders from around the world to gather and view the latest products, get vital education, network with other floor covering professionals and conduct business.

More than 600 of the largest manufacturers and suppliers representing products in every major category, including carpet, tile, hardwood, rugs, laminate, resilient and stone, are expected to exhibit at the trade show. Hanley Wood, owner and operator of the exhibition, reports that they have many new exhibiting companies and returning ones who have expanded their booth size. Additionally, Surfaces 2013 will host more than 40 workshops, seminars and mini sessions led by industry experts in the fields of business, sales, marketing, installation and design. Attendees can earn AIA, NKBA, AIBD, IICRC and AIA/CES industry designation. Here is just a small sampling of some of the displays that will be present at Surfaces 2013.

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