Porcelanosa

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name = Porcelanosa

type = Bathroom tiling and accesories
genre = Ceramics
foundation = 1973
founder = Pepe Soriano
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location_country = Spain, UK, USA
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products = Ceramic Tile, Porcelain Tile, Bathroom fixtures such as faucets, Vanities, Shower Enclosures, tubs and accesories
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divisions = Miami, Pompano Beach, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, San jose and Anaheim
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homepage = www.porcelanosa.com, www.porcelanosa-usa.com
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Porcelanosa is a Spanish ceramics and tiling company that specializes in bathroom furniture and accessories and tiling. It has many branches in the United Kingdom and the United States and across the world.

It was founded in 1973.

In 2003 the company established a new interactive show-room in New York City. The opening was attended by noted celebrities such as John Travolta, Carolina Herrera, Princess Ira von Furstenberg, and Isabel Preysler at the St. Regis Hotel. Isabel Preysler has also done substantial work for the company in advertising [ [http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-3332116/Friday-Night-Fever-John-Travolta.html goliath.ecnext.com] ] .

In January 2004 it was announced that the company was to set up a £3.3m UK headquarters near Wandsworth Bridge in London, and Cirus which began construction in June of that year. In November 2005 it was announced that Porcelanosa was to open a new £14m showroom and office at Braehead in Scotland in autumn 2006 [ [http://www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk/poa13252.htm www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk] ] . It also has notable branches in Doncaster and Newbridge amongst many others.

Due to the recent downturn in the UK economy, Porcelanosa have recently shed over a hundred jobs accross the UK with the possibilty of others to follow.

References

External links

* [http://www.porcelanosa-usa.com/ Official site (USA)]
* [http://www.porcelanosa-russia.ru/ Official site (Russia, Moscow)]