Expanding and Optimizing US Ceramic Tile Manufacturing

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT

Location: Coverings Lounge, Booth 4300

Moderator(s)

Michael S. Kephart

President
US Tile Collaborative
Franklin, Tennessee, United States

Slides

Presenter(s)

Bill Griese

Deputy Executive Director
Tile Council of North America, United States
Jeremy Sax

Deputy Director
National Tile Contractors Association
Prosper, Texas, United States
Edward Burch

Director of Business Development
State of Tennessee Economic Development
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Tyler Chaffee

Target Market Specialist
Tennessee Valley Authority
Nashville, Tennessee, United States

This Executive session will focus on the dynamic opportunities to increase US Ceramic Tile manufacturing at a time of sweeping change in the geopolitical, energy, and transportation sectors Internationally. We will delve into improving labor through education as a foundation for investment and Tennessee's preeminent benefits for expanding in the ceramic tile manufacturing sector.

We will explore existing energy sources within the TVA service range and exciting new energy development opportunities for the future. We will also discuss Sustainable materials and process management, technical services expanding through TCNA / IPA Laboratory, and the need to expand the US Ceramic Tile manufacturing base for long-term efficacy.

Lastly, we will discuss industry clustering features and the NTCA's creation of a closer collaboration with domestic manufacturing in the Tennessee Tile Valley.

This session gives the audience a strategic view of why, how, and where to expand future US Ceramic Tile manufacturing for optimal impact and the strength of clustering industry support and alignment.