By Emerson Schwartzkopf
Editor, Stone Business
Good gains continue with granite and marble as the import market begins to recover. Travertine looks static, other calcareous is weak, and slate suffers from China dropping its export of the stone by a third.
HANOI, Vietnam – LATICRETE International Inc. expanded its worldwide presence last month with the opening of a new company here. The official launch of LATICRETE Vietnam Co. on July 20 will allow the Bethany,...
Editor’s note: Joe Becker continues his report on the natural-stone segment of the St. Joseph Cathedral restoration in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Our trip to Italy on June 20-24 was another step in the long process of completing the project. We made a location visit last year to view materials the first time, so this trip was to check on fabrication and to view the progress of Cathedral-commissioned artist Cody Swanson.
CLEVELAND – Good news: If you’re planning to enter the Marble Institute of America’s 2010 Pinnacle Awards, you now have extra time to get your work in. However, don’t delay. The reprieve’s only good...
LONDON — The Natural Stone Show will team with Marmomacc in a cooperative promotion/education effort here next year.
SAN DIEGO – U.S. stone-product manufacturer sales (shipments plus imports) are estimated to increase by 1.5 percent to $6.1 billion this year, according to the new Catalina Report on Natural and Manufactured Stone Product Industry Report 2010.
Spend more than a few minutes searching the ‘Net, and you’ll find plenty of people offering advice on choosing countertops from an ethical and sustainable standpoint.
And, after reading them, I’d be glad to give my own counsel: Go out and learn something about countertops and material origins. Please.
SCRANTON, Pa. – Arley Wholesale Inc. drew a crowd of more than 250 dealers, retailers, designers and contractors for its eighth annual tile and stone exhibition here on June 15
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – U.S. remodeling activity will improve by year’s end, according to a leading economic study group … but not quite as fast as estimates from a few months ago.
MINNEAPOLIS – Pollux Manufacturing Inc., a large-scale fabricator of stone, quartz surfaces and other hard surfaces, was acquired late last month by Brooklyn Park, Minn.-based Dale Tile Company.