Dal-Tile International Inc. was the largest manufacturer, distributor, and marketer of ceramic tile in North America in the mid-1990s. A vertically integrated holding company, Dal-Tile, through subsidiaries, offers a full range of wall, floor, and mosaic tiles as well asinstallation materials and tools and stone and quarry-related products purchased from other manufacturers. The company's products were being sold in the mid-1990s through a network of 222 company-operated sales centers to tile contractors, architects, design professionals, builders, developers, and individual consumers. Dal-Tile is also a significant supplier to home-center retailers such as The Home Depot and to flooring dealers.

Telephone: (214) 398-1411
Fax: (214) 309-4300
Website: www.daltile.com
Public Company
Incorporated: 1947 as Dallas Ceramic Co.
Employees: 7,600
Sales: $720.2 million (1996)
Stock Exchanges: New York
SICs: Ceramic Wall & Floor Tile; Offices of Holding Companies, Not Elsewhere Classified