Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
At its peak in 2007, the Philkeram Johnson Group employed 400 people, had annual revenues of €55 million and an annual production of 4.5m sq.m. of ceramic tiles, with ~30% of production exported to 29 countries. It had ~10% domestic market share in Greece & Cyprus (~50% for pool tiles) and ~40% aided brand awareness.
Vitrified tile is a ceramic tile with very low porosity. [1] It is an alternative to marble and granite flooring. Vitrified tiles are often used outdoors due to their water and frost resistance. There are four types of Vitrified tiles - Soluble salt, Double charge, Full Body, and Glazed.
Encaustic or inlaid tiles are ceramic tiles in which the pattern or figure on the surface is not a product of the glaze but of different colors of clay. They are usually of two colours but a tile may be composed of as many as six. The pattern appears inlaid into the body of the tile, so that the design remains as the tile is worn down.
British Ceramic Tile (BCT) is the largest manufacturer of ceramic and glass tiles in the UK, based in Devon. The company has been in operation at the Heathfield site, Newton Abbot since the 1850s. In September 2009, a major expansion of the BCT factory was completed, [ 1 ] making it the largest and most efficient tile-making plant on one site ...
John Moyr Smith (12 March 1839 – 1 December 1912) was a Scottish architect and architectural historian later noted as an artist and designer, famed for his work on ceramic tiles. Life [ edit ]
The Journal of the American Ceramic Society is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published on behalf of the American Ceramic Society by Wiley-Blackwell. It was established in 1918 and is edited by John C. Mauro. Publishing formats include full length original research, communications (rapid publishing), feature articles, and review ...
During the early 1900s, Don Jose Machuca y Romeo was the foremost producer of Mediterranean tiles in the Philippines. His son, Don Pepe, an Audencia, established Mosaicos Machuca in an ancestral house located on Calle Tanduay in San Miguel, Manila, while the tile factory itself was situated beside the Pasig River.
James Price Johnson (February 1, 1894 – November 17, 1955) was an American pianist and composer. A pioneer of stride piano , he was one of the most important pianists in the early era of recording, and like Jelly Roll Morton , one of the key figures in the evolution of ragtime into what was eventually called jazz . [ 1 ]