New and Improved Boneyard!
March 30, 2009 | filed under: Company News Showroom/Boneyard
Fireclay Tile hosted its biannual Boneyard Sale in its San Jose Showroom from March 30 - April 22. At our sale our great customers found beautiful, sustainable handmade tile discounted at over 75%. We sold overstock and seconds of most of our field tile as well as a huge selection of decorative tiles and moldings. Our showroom is located at 495 W. Julian Street in San Jose, CA and The Bonyeard is open during our regular hours.
BottleStone featured in March/April issue of Sunset Magazine, March 2009
March 27, 2009 | filed under: Press Company News Bottlestone
Fireclay Founder, Paul Burns, speaks at California Commonwealth Club
March 2, 2009 | filed under: Fun-Eco Stories Fireclay Manufacturing Press Company News Debris Series Bottlestone
Paul Burns, Founder and President of Fireclay Tile, joined the 5 other California Cleantech Open winners on a panel discussion about the Cleantech Open at the Commonwealth Club. Paul spoke directly about BottleStone, but also shared what it was like as a business owner in the current economic environment focusing on the high growth green building sector. For more on the Cleantech Open please visit www.cleantechopen.com and for the Commonwealth Club please visit www.commonwealthclub.org
“Eco-Friendly Recycled Tile” - Mother Earth News Feb/March 2009
March 1, 2009 | filed under: Press Company News Debris Series
We take it as an honor when blogs or news sites choose to review our products. Many times we only find out about these through our one of our favorite company’s, Google, and it’s Google Alerts.
Mother Earth News is one of the most reputable names out there as far as lifestyle blogs that strive hard to promote healthy, happy green lifestyles.
Regarding our Debris Series, they wrote:
“Other products, such as the Debris Series from Fireclay Tile, combine post-industrial and post-consumer recycled wastes. The Debris Series tile consists of 26 percent recycled granite dust (post-industrial waste) from a granite-cutting operation. It also contains 26 percent recycled glass (post-consumer waste). Plus, the glazes used by this company contain no lead, so they’re safer for the workers who apply them.”
All this is true. We might also add that our sustainable manufacturing includes a tremendous amount of re-use of our own materials, including everything from water, glaze residue, and of course the ceramic materials. In total we estimate that at least 60-65% of each ceramic tile we produce is made up of recycled materials, though we only give ourselves credit for recycled materials we obtain from other, non-Frieclay, sources in our marketing literature.
Please let us know if you’d like more information on our Debris Series or any other product by contacting us.
