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TISE 2020
Floorcovering industry recognizes excellence TISE 2020 Las Vegas
Composed of three world-class tradeshows — Surfaces, StonExpo/Marmomac and TileExpo events — The International Surface Event (TISE) held in Las Vegas, Nev., is the largest North American floor covering, stone, and tile industry event, and was the venue in January for the floorcovering industry
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Approximately 75 Canadians met Thursday night after the show at The Border Grill for networking, hors d’oeuvres and to show the colours in the States. The general sense was they will all be back again next year.
to do business and be recognized for excellence.
The winners of the 2019 Pinnacle Awards were announced during the Natural Stone Institute Awards Ceremony at TISE. Twenty-two projects were honoured with awards of excellence. The 2019 Grande Pinnacle Award was presented to Pei Cobb Freed and Part ners based in New York, N.Y., for its work on the detailed stone-clad lobby of 7 Bryant Park, a thirty-story office building in Midtown Manhattan. Mocha Crème lime stone was used for the walls and Moleanos limestone for the floors, with accents of Calacatta Caldia marble and Jet Mist granite. Canadian company Polycor of Quebec City, Que., won a Pinnacle award for its work on the Grande Arche de la De fense in Paris, France, in the Mapei-sponsored Commercial Exterior category.
Also announced at TISE 2020 was Schluter Systems of Plattsburgh, N.Y., winning seven CLEARselect Most Preferred Products awards. The awards are presented by Troy, Mich.-based Clear Seas Research to companies that achieve an outstanding level of brand preference among industry professionals. For contractors, Schluter won the Most Preferred Brand for Crack Isolation Products, Waterproofing Membranes, Linear Drains, Preformed Shower Structures, and Best Installation Tips and Training. For architects, it won for Crack Isolation Products, and Preformed Shower Structures. Coverings magazine and The International Surfaces Event (TISE) hosted Canada Night on January 28th at the Border Grill for all Canadians attending TISE.
Approximately 75 Canadians attended the event, and enjoyed drinks and hors d’oeuvres compliments of the hosts and the opportunity to network with each other. This was the 5th annual Canada Night event and Canadian attendees have expressed their appreciation for being recognized at TISE. Charlene and Shawn van Someren from the Decorating Store in Thunder Bay, Ont., thanked us for putting on the event because they, “appreciate being recognized at TISE and are able to get together and network with fellow Canadians.”
TISE will return to the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas from January 25 to 28, 2021.
Stephen Falk (centre), Stone Truss Systems accepted the Grande Pinnacle award on behalf of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners during the Natural Stone Institute Awards Ceremony at TISE. He is pictured with Veronafiere’s Chiara DeLuca (left) and 2019 Natural Stone Institute president Greg Osterhout of Northern Stone Supply.
Schluter Systems North America president and c.e.o. Marco Ludwig with the company’s Most Preferred Products awards.
Mohawk announced its support for The Ocean Cleanup, a non-profit organization dedicated to filtering plastics from the oceans. The alliance is a natural one for Mohawk, whose carpets are produced with fibres made from recycled PET bottles.
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