Toyota, Nissan and General Motors are all striving to develop ceramic car engine parts.

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The company provides a complete selection for all markets of carpet, ceramic tile, laminate, wood, stone, vinyl and rugs.

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But the real money is in flooring: Mohawk Industries , which makes all sorts of flooring from ceramic tile, to carpet tiles to rugs.

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One of the first ways that was done was by getting local school children to make a very personal ceramic tile which they all cemented into a wall next to their playground.

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The floors and even the wooden elevator are covered with terra-cotta and ceramic tiles recovered from old Lebanese houses, while the ceilings are all impossibly high, true to Lebanese architectural tradition.

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