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Industry Expert Silver Cornia Joins as CTO to Launch New Products ATLANTA, July 7, 2009 – Tile Media Properties (TMP), parent company of The Tile Doctor , today announced the addition of Silver Cornia as the company’s Chief Technology Officer. As one of the preeminent ceramic experts , Cornia’s first priority will be the launch of the company’s ground-breaking antimicrobial surface modifier for ceramic tile and sanitary ware, Tile Doctor Shield. The Tile Doctor has secured the world-wide exclusive on the solution that has been widely accepted in other industries for more than 30-years. Cornia has pioneered a cost effective and durable application of ... Read Full Story

RAK Ceramics , the largest ceramic tiles & sanitaryware manufacturing company , has announced that it has been voted by the SuperBrand Council, the world's largest independent brand arbiter, as one of the UAE's SuperBrands for 2009. RAK Ceramics was presented an award during the SuperBrand Tribute event that was held yesterday (June 28, 2009) at the Al Ras Ballroom, Intercontinental Hotel, Dubai Festival City. The company will also be featured in an exclusive publication that will include all SuperBrands of 2009. RAK Ceramics has been recognised for being one of the world's leading producers of a comprehensive line of premium-quality ceramic products . ... Read Full Story

This is the latest in a series of monthly columns on central Vermont's granite tile industry provided by the Vermont granite tile Industry of Barre . New England farmers often split granite tile from surface boulders (glacial erratics) on their "back forty" as a part-time activity and used a corner of their barns for wintertime stone cutting. Some towns had common lands strewn with granite tile boulders. Boulders on the Braintree, Mass., commons were the chief source of stone for many local building projects. People helped themselves until 1715, when the Braintree town fathers became concerned that the supply of stones would be exhausted ... Read Full Story

Bits of pottery discovered in a cave in southern China may be evidence of the earliest development of ceramics by ancient people. The find in Yuchanyan Cave dates to as much as 18,000 years ago, researchers report in Tuesday's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The find "supports the proposal made in the past that pottery making by foragers began in south China," according to the researchers, led by Elisabetta Boaretto of Bar Ilan University in Israel. The pottery found at Yuchanyan "is the earliest so far," Boaretto said. Pottery was one of the first human-made materials and tracing its origins ... Read Full Story