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About Daltile — Eight Decades of American Tile Manufacturing

From a single plant in the 1940s to North America's most comprehensive tile producer — Daltile's growth has been built on one principle: consistent quality that professionals can specify with confidence.

Built From the Ground Up

Daltile was established in the 1940s when American tile manufacturing was still in its infancy. What began as a regional ceramic tile operation in Dallas, Texas, evolved steadily through decades of investment in production technology, product development, and distribution infrastructure.

Today, Daltile operates more than 10 manufacturing facilities across North America — producing porcelain, ceramic, natural stone, and engineered quartz surfaces that ship through a 250+ dealer network reaching contractors and designers from coast to coast.

Unlike brands that source products overseas and apply a label, Daltile maintains direct control over the manufacturing process at its American plants. That control translates directly into lot-to-lot color consistency, dimensional precision, and the technical documentation that large commercial projects require.

A core operating principle: Every product in the Daltile catalog must be something a tile contractor can confidently install and a building owner can confidently specify — not just something that photographs well in a showroom.

Daltile manufacturing facility
Daltile quality control laboratory
1940s
Founded
10+
North American Plants
250+
Dealer Locations
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Certifications

Standards We Meet

Every certification in the Daltile portfolio represents a third-party verified standard — not a self-declared claim. These are the specifications architects and contractors can cite in project submittals.

ISO 9001:2015
Quality management systems — manufacturing and distribution operations
GREENGUARD Certified
Indoor air quality — low chemical emissions verified by UL Environment
ANSI A137.1
American national standard for ceramic tile — dimensional tolerances, breaking strength, COF
LEED Qualified Materials
Materials eligible for LEED v4 credits across core product lines
NSF/ANSI 51 (Select Products)
Food equipment materials — applicable to commercial kitchen quarry tile
Tile quality testing and certification
Technical Documentation Available

All Daltile products ship with specification sheets, test reports, and applicable certification documentation. Download from our Support page or request a custom submittal package for your project.

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