MAPEI Adds Best Tile as Distributor

June 15, 2012

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. – MAPEI announced today that independent distributor Best Tile will handle its products to service East Coast flooring contractors.

Best Tile, based in Ludlow, Mass., operates 31 locations from Vermont to North Carolina, including eight Tile America stores in Connecticut and two Capitol Stone facilities in upstate New York.

“Best Tile is very pleased to provide a platform for customers to access some of the premier products and brands in the tile, stone and setting material categories,” said Ben Mednick, Best Tile vice president. “As a family-owned independent distributor, with a 57-year presence throughout the East Coast, we stake our reputation behind the brands that we offer to our broad customer base. MAPEI represents the type of top-quality brand that we are proud to include in our product line-up.”

Best Tile personnel attended the MAPEI Technical Institute (MTI) in Deerfield Beach to gain added insight into the products and the latest methods for installing tile and stone. MAPEI is also providing training in its new MTI branch at the South River, N.J. MAPEI manufacturing facility.

MAPEI and Best Tile will also hold events throughout the summer to introduce and promote MAPEI’s installation products to contractors.

“We have worked with different members of the Best Tile organization, and now we are very pleased to have the entire group carrying MAPEI mortars and grouts in all 31 locations,” said Steve Cameron, MAPEI sales director for the northern United States. “Through a mutual effort, we have identified the needs of our market and are prepared to support contractors with a superior distribution network, customer service and technical support.

“We manufacture a heavy product that needs to be warehoused and distributed locally on demand,” Cameron added, “and Best Tile has a superior reputation for reliability and customer service in this region.”

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