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MATERIALS
QUARTZ NATURAL STONE
National Jurassic Stone, Cedar Park, Texas, offers Urcazite®, a quartz-rich natural stone quarried in Peru. The material features wood-grain, rainbow, exotic-weave and kaleidoscopic patterns; it also ranks a 7 on the Mohs Hardness Scale and can be easily cut and shaped.
Contact: National Jurassic Stone, 512-410-1234
ORLANDO, Fla. – Coverings 2010 gets back to its Florida base and a climate much warmer than last year’s outing in a chilly Chicago.
The stone-and-tile event, from April 27-30, will feature 1,000+ exhibitors from more than 50 countries, filling the Orange County Convention Center’s North-South Hall with 300,000 ft² of goods and services.
CLEVELAND – The Marble Institute of America (MIA) topped the century mark this month – with 100 members now in its speakers bureau for offering CEUs (continuing education units).
WASHINGTON – Scholarships are now available for the Designing with Natural Stone course for architects to be held concurrently with Marmomacc in Verona, Italy, on Sept. 27-Oct. 2.
TULSA, Okla. – Hoffman Fixtures Company (HFC) acquired Phoenix Fabrication LLC, an Oklahoma City countertop shop, in a recent transaction.
There’s one point of contention I’ve dealt with since day one of Stone Business: quartz. Or, engineered stone. No, make that agglomerate. Wait, maybe it’s ….
MARINA di CARRARA, Italy – The United States will be well-represented at this year’s CarraraMarmotec stone event in late spring. The biennial trade show, set for May 19-22, will host three delegations of stone...
Up until now my blogs on the St. Joseph Cathedral restoration in Sioux Falls, S.D., have been about personalities, historic events, relationships and a little shop talk. From now on, it’s about surveying, shop drawings, and installation.
MADRID – With the world economy still in flux, there’s a major effort here to make sure this year’s PIEDRA stone event retains its standing as one of the world’s leading industry events.
LEHI, Utah – The inaugural International Countertop Expo (ICE) held early last month drew more than 800 attendees and exhibitors from 17 countries.