LAS VEGAS – At Surfaces 2010, it’s time to look at more than what’s underfoot – literally.
The Feb. 1-4 event steps up from its traditional floor-covering focus at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, taking on a variety of materials and installation/maintenance products and issues.
VANCOUVER, B.C. – When athletes begin occupying the Olympic Village here in February for the 21st Winter Olympic Games, they’ll see a herculean installation of countertops – more than 71,000 ft².
Dimensional-stone imports show a few bright spots, and the worst seems to be over. Overall, though, don’t think it’s getting that much better.
CLEVELAND – Three updated chapters of the Marble Institute of America’s Dimension Stone Design Manual (DSDM), detailing standards on surfaces and installations set to go into effect Jan. 1, are now available. The chapters...
Updated on Dec. 10 with official announcement and quotes from Hanley Wood and MIA officials.
DALLAS – StonExpo/Marmomacc Americas will return … but not next year.
Hanley Wood Exhibitions, the owner/producer of StonExpo, will move the next edition to Jan 25-28, 2011, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.
BOWIE, Md. – The Sustainable Masonry Certification Program from the International Masonry Institute (IMI) now includes 31 contractors nationwide.
MINNEAPOLIS – Bellcomb Technologies Inc., a leading manufacturer of honeycomb panels acquired Stonwurks , a division of M&G Designs Inc. of Sylvan Grove, Kans., last month.
Stonwurks offers stone products combining a wide variety of thin stone bonded to honeycomb for a number of markets including marine, transportation, and construction. Bellcomb is moving Stonwurks production to Minneapolis, along with its key employees.
The picture that accompanies this entry –no, not mine, the other one – looks a bit daffy, but the subject addresses something I’ve wondered about for a long time: UV degradation.
Every month, I review a couple hundred photos for illustrating articles, columns and other items in Stone Business. And, without fail, I end up with a electronic reject pile of images I can’t use.
By K. Schipper
ATLANTA – Companies content to do business with the same old products in the same old ways have had a tough go in this current economic downturn. Fortunately, that’s an approach MultiStone USA Inc. threw out the window a long time ago.