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Michigan’s Tile & Stone Works Partners with Marazzi Group’s Ragno USA on Made in America Porcelain Tile for Metro Detroit Market

Marazzi Group’s Ragno USA

Utica, MI (PRWEB) March 31, 2010

Shelby Township, Michigan based tile and stone distribution and retail company, Tile & Stone Works, has partnered with the Marazzi Group’s Ragno USA to market their made in America porcelain tile products to the Metro Detroit and Southeast Michigan market. Tile & Stone Works’ customers include home builders and remodelers, interior designers, architects, installation contractors, and the general public.

Ceramiche Ragno S.p.A. (founded in 1950) and Marazzi Ceramiche S.p.A. (founded in 1935) are the two oldest continuously running Italian ceramic tile manufacturers. Many of today’s most popular styles and production technologies have been pioneered and perfected by these two companies, who also had a major role in creating tile as a floor and wall-covering material first in Italy, then in Europe and the rest of the world.

Since 1984, Ragno is a part of the Marazzi Group, the world’s largest ceramic tile manufacturer with subsidiaries and production plants in Italy, Spain, France, Russia, and the U.S.A. In order to be as close as possible to the American market, which has been targeted as our main area of investment and expansion, the Marazzi group purchased in 1998 the Monarch Ceramic Tile Company, with production plants and warehouses in Florence, Alabama. In the following years those plants have been reconverted into possibly the most technologically advanced porcelain tile production plant in the U.S., fitted with state-of-the-art machines from Italy and staffed with Italian technicians and production managers. Since the spring of 2001 these facilities house the headquarters, customer service office and production plant of Ragno USA, Inc., the American sister company of Ceramiche Ragno S.p.A. In addition to our locally made items we also stock in Florence a selected range of tiles made in Italy by Ceramiche Ragno S.p.A. all aggressively priced and ready to be shipped on the same truck with our Made in the USA tiles.

“The addition of Ragno USA’s products to Tile & Stone Works’ current product lines will give our customer’s an uncommon choice in this market, a porcelain tile manufactured with state of the art machinery and Italian technoglies – without having to sacrifice their committment to buying American”, explains Tile & Stone Works’ general manager and owner Matt Scarsella. “There are only a few porcelain tile manufacturing plants in the United States and the Marazzi Group’s Ragno USA plant is one of the most technologically advanced in the world and its right here in Florence, Alabama. We are very excited to offer their products to our customers.”

Ragno USA employs green and sustainable manufacturing processes providing LEED accreditation to the end user which is another benefit of the Made in the USA label. Ragno USA’s products and location provide another dimension to Tile & Stone Works’ overall product offering which includes imported natural stone tile, granite slabs and countertops, setting and grouting systems, and mosaics in glass, metal, stone, and porcelain.

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Chinese Drywall Complaint Center Provides Vital New 2010 Information For Homeowners Who Have-Toxic-Chinese/US Made Drywall

Washington, DC (Vocus) February 1, 2010

The Chinese Drywall Complaint Center has been calling attention to toxic Chinese drywall, or tainted US made drywall for about a year. The groups goal has always been to help homeowners initially in the US Southeast, and now nationwide. With no science on the topic of bad drywall; initially the group assumed it would be easy to find Chinese drywall-bad US drywall, that was toxic, as their investigation progressed. They admit this was wrong. The group did not realize that for the worst effects of Chinese drywall that is toxic-or tainted US drywall-there has to be high thresholds of heat, combined with high thresholds of humidity. The Chinese Drywall Complaint Center is saying,”it was the high heat-combined with high humidity that made it so easy to find in Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Virginia, Georgia & Southeast Texas.” The group is saying we now are 100% certain toxic Chinese drywall, and or tainted US drywall is in all 50 states-its just going to be more complicated in finding it in the other 43 US States.” For more information please contact the Chinese Drywall Complaint Center at 866-714-6466, or contact the group via their web site at Http://ChineseDrywallComplaintCenter.Com

The Chinese Drywall Complaint Center Critical 2010 Updates:

    Toxic Drywall off gassing: Toxic off gassing is what happens when toxic Chinese drywall-tainted US drywall is exposed to heat and humidity. The results of this include blackened copper, electrical wiring, failed AC coils, plus serious health effects, for those who live in the homes, or condominiums. This mostly applies to US States in the US South, or US Southeast.
Inter-mixing: Having more than one type of drywall manufacturer in a home/condo. This also means that the State of Florida’s numbers of maybe 60,000 Chinese drywall-tainted US drywall homes- could be off by hundreds of thousands of homes. The group believes that many to possibly most US homes built between 2001-2008 will have intermixed drywall manufactures.
    Blanks: Many homeowners in Florida & other states have a type of drywall called Blank drywall. There is no ASTM number on it-no manufactures name on it-nothing. The Chinese Drywall Complaint Center calls these Blanks, and assumes this garbage came from China. The group says,”Why did major US homebuilders install blank drywall in their homes built from 2001-2008? Where were the city, or county building inspectors?”
Time Lines For Toxic Chinese Drywall-tainted US made drywall: 2001-to early 2009.
What Is Tainted US Drywall: According to the Chinese Drywall Complaint Center,”we do not know what tainted US drywall is yet. We are not sure if it is counterfeit drywall from the worlds biggest counterfeiter-China-or if its US made drywall, that used really cheap Chinese gypsum-or-all of the above-we don’t know yet.”
Symptoms of Toxic Chinese Drywall-US Tainted Drywall-The US Southeast: One question the Chinese Drywall Complaint Center gets asked frequently is what are the symptoms or indicators of toxic Chinese drywall in a home? The group says, “In Florida, the U.S. Southeast, Virginia or other states known to have toxic Chinese drywall, the four biggest symptoms/indicators of toxic Chinese drywall we hear are air conditioning coil failures, failed electrical appliances/flickering lights, black copper, combined with health side effects that include nonstop upper respiratory problems, to severe headaches, to nose bleeds, to all sorts of strange rashes.” But what about that sulfur smell? The group says, “Some homes have the sulfur smell, some do not. We do not think that the smell of sulfur is necessarily the best indicator for toxic Chinese drywall. We think a far better indicator for homes, at least in Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Southeast Texas, Mississippi, Virginia or other humid, warm states are air conditioning coil failures, electrical problems, combined with all, or some of the homeowner’s family are sick. However, we now fear toxic Chinese drywall”
Toxic or Tainted Drywall In All Other US States:The group is now saying,”as far as finding toxic Chinese drywall-bad US drywall in other US States-like Arizona-California-New York, we think the best solution is to carefully go up to your attic & see what is written on the back of the drywall—write the information down, also check in your laundry room and see if the copper-or stainless steel plumbing connections to your washer-dryer have turned black, or corroded. Laundry rooms in US homes may have enough humidity to give signs of bad drywall. If this is the cases-in combination with the homeowner & their families are sick– and then call us at 866-714-6466.” Http://ChineseDrywallComplaintCenter.Com

The Chinese Drywall Complaint Center is also still very interested in talking with homeowners who have a specific type of drywall in their homes called Knauf Tianjin. The group is also warning all buyers of bank foreclosures in Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia, or Southeast Texas—-to not buy a bank foreclosure without hiring a local building inspector who knows how to check for toxic Chinese drywall-or tainted US drywall in a bank owned property. The group is saying, “don’t buy one of these foreclosures without first getting a qualified home inspector who knows how to check for toxic Chinese drywall in a home. To get the names of qualified home inspector in the US Southeast, check with the areas local board of Realtors.” For more information homeowners can call the Chinese Drywall Complaint Center anytime at 866-714-6466, or contact the group via their web site at Http://ChineseDrywallComplaintCenter.Com

The Chinese Drywall Complaint Center is saying,”at what point will the US Consumer Products Safety Commission/EPA give us vital medical information related to health issues related to long term exposure to toxic Chinese drywall-US made tainted drywall & possible cancer, or other serious issues-its been a year? US Citizens & the US medical industry needs this information now!”

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