See The World ....?

Our international team is looking for a few good people ....!  Travel, see the world, spread the Laticrete Story ...! Meet interesting people, eat interesting foods ...!

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Photos are from my recent trip to Asia. I've just returned from a two week trip to Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia. In Singapore we held a regional sales meeting. In Vietnam I made a formal presentation to a group of Architects, Developers & General Contractors. Throughout the region I made visits to jobsites, developers' and architects' offices .....  And enjoyed some interesting dining.

Vietnam Last Week - New Laticrete Office

Catching up on reviewing photos from my last few weeks of travels .... OK, so this one is over a week old ...

Vietnam is a fascinating county. The people are incredibly friendly towards Americans.

While Vietnam is a "Developing County" and the population is about 87,375,000 people they consume about the same amount, the square footage of ceramic tile as the USA does ...!

Most tile is installed in a "full mortar bed" - At this time, thinset is a new & rarely used technique in Vietnam

They seem to tile just about all floors...! And many walls.

They like tile ... they like the durability of tile.


Some Online News with articles about Laticrete’s opening ceremony in Viet Nam:

http://www.baomoi.com/Info/Tap-doan-Laticrete-den-Viet-Nam/76/4552866.epi From: www.baomoi.com

http://tintuc.xalo.vn/001081336551/tap_doan_laticrete_den_viet_nam.html From www.tintuc.xalo.vn

http://dothi.net/news/vat-lieu-xay-dung/vat-lieu/2010/07/3b9af37c/ From www.dothi.net (Real estate online magazine)

http://xaluan.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=195661 From www.xaluan.com

http://www.baocongthuong.com.vn/Details/doanh-nghiep-doanh-nhan/tap-doan-laticrete-den-viet-nam/32/0/35733.star From www.baocongthuong.com.vn (The news of Viet Nam Ministry of Industry & Commercial)

http://dddn.com.vn/20100714012713624cat82/tap-doan-laticrete-den-viet-nam.htm from www.dddn.com.vn (The information portal of Enterprises in Viet Nam – English name: Enterprise’s forum )

http://www.baoxaydung.com.vn/Main.aspx?MNU=1105&Style=1&ChiTiet=24759 From www.baoxaydung.com (The official online news of Viet Nam Construction Ministry )

My Presentation Today

Dennis - Mitch - Khoi

My presentation was in Hanoi so naturally my presentation was in Vietnamese....! I presented to a group of Architects, Consultants, Developers and Contractors.

Part of my presentation focuses on changing from the old thick bed, Portland Cement Sand bedding method to the newer, light weight, thinner thin bed adhesive mortar method for installing ceramic tile and stone.

I focused on changing from Jobsite prepared PC / sand bedding mortars to factory manufactured, tightly quality controlled thin adhesive bonding mortars for installing tile and stone.

My presentation began with a few general comments .....

Chào mừng và lời chào

Thế giới đang thay đổi

Xây dựng công nghệ đang thay đổi

Vật liệu xây dựng và phương pháp đang thay đổi.

Sons & con gái của chúng tôi sẽ không sử dụng cùng một phương pháp xây dựng và vật liệu mà ông nội của họ được sử dụng trong quá khứ.

The world is changing

Construction technologies are changing

Construction materials and methods are changing.

Our Sons & Daughters will not use the same construction methods and materials that their grandfather used in the past.

Today building are taller, lighter in weight and are constructed faster than buildings in the past.

Today we discuss new construction materials and methods.

Today we discuss the thinbed method of installing tile. A method of using 3 to 9mm of adhesive mortar for bonding tile rather than the 25 to 50 mm of Portland Cement / Sand Mortars that our fathers used.

Hôm nay xây dựng được cao hơn, nhẹ hơn về trọng lượng và được xây dựng nhanh hơn so với các tòa nhà trong quá khứ.

Hôm nay chúng ta thảo luận về vật liệu xây dựng mới và phương pháp.

Hôm nay chúng ta thảo luận về phương pháp thinbed cài đặt ngói. Một phương pháp sử dụng 3 đến 9mm của vữa kết dính cho ngói liên kết hơn là 25-50 mm của Xi măng Portland / Sand cối rằng cha của chúng tôi sử dụng.