Online New Product Gallery
By submitting a product for the gallery, your company consents to the terms below.
Terms:
Products must qualify as new as defined below:
A product qualifies as new if it is manufactured or exclusively distributed by a company and was introduced to the marketplace since January 2021.
OFFICIAL RULES
Set forth below are a list of rules (the “Rules”) applicable to the Online New Product Gallery being sponsored by International Tile Exposition, a joint venture t/a Coverings (“Coverings”). By submitting any materials to Coverings for use with respect to the Online New Product Gallery (the “Materials”), you acknowledge and agree to each of the following terms:
You must be a Coverings 2022 exhibitor to enter new products in the Online New Product Gallery. If you submit more than one product into the online gallery, all rules below apply to all product entries.
The product must be new in 2021. “New” means the product must have been first sold at any level of distribution since January 1, 2021. All new product entries are subject to approval. Coverings reserves the right to remove/disqualify any product that it believes does not qualify as new.
The number of product submissions per exhibitor is limited to (7) seven.
There is no entry fee to submit a product for the Online New Product Gallery.
The Online New Product Gallery will be available online on the website and mobile app.
Coverings may in its sole discretion elect not to include a product in its 2022 Online New Product Gallery.
You grant a perpetual royalty free license to Coverings for the use of the Materials as part of the Online New Product Gallery.
Coverings may make any stylistic edits to submission entries that it deems to be appropriate, in its commercially reasonable judgement.
Any legal dispute relating to these Rules or the Online New Product Gallery will be resolved by Arbitration in Arlington, Virginia before a single arbitrator under the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association.
In no event shall the aggregate liability of Coverings to you with respect to the Online New Product Showcase exceed $500.00.
In no event shall any joint venture member of Coverings have any direct liability to you with respect to the Online New Product Gallery with your recourse being limited solely to the assets of Coverings.
Profile
In 1989 Dan began learning the trade under the mentorship of his father Dick Welch. From site supervisor to president in 2008, Dan began transitioning the company from an installation team to subcontractor company, Which doubled in volume since takeing the helm.
Besides leading his company, Dan has directly influenced our industry on many fronts including NTCA committees and boards, National presenter and educator.
While Dan's accomplishments are many, including the 2013 tile person of the year and 2017 NTCA ring of honor, i want to share one example of why his vision is a driving force.
Like his father, Dan is a trail blazer, his passion for the trade and people is evident by his time and investments. The criticality in growing and sustaining our trade, the livelihood of designers, manufactures and distributors clearly rests on recruiting and retaining installers. With the growing understanding of the future workforce, Dan's vision is to create a reproducible model described bests as community stepping stones which allows installers to learn, grow, realize financial freedom and retire with dignity.
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