Category: Articles

November 2010

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MATERIALS

GRANITE
200__STONEWOODMarmi Bruno Zanet, Volargne de Dolce, Italy, introduces Stonewood-Palomino, a superexotic with brown/gold/sand chromatic lines with a dominant cream or smoky cream dilution. The company also introduces Mother Pearl, a refined quartzite with a clear luminous-like base and ochre stripes.
Contact: Marmi Bruno Zanet, +39-45-6861706

QUARTZ SURFACE
200__daltile one alpine shadowDaltile, Dallas, relaunches its ONE™ Quartz line of slabs and tiles with 24 new colors and two new collections: Micro Flecks with fine-grain detail, and Geo Flecks reflecting granite and limestone graining. All of the line’s 30 colors are available in 120” X 55” slabs with a polished finish; Collected Shells, Harvest Grains, Charcoal Sketch, Woven Wool, Star Gazer and Cancun Beach are in stock in 12” X 12” polished tiles, with all colors available on custom order in various tile sizes up to 24” X 24” and finishes of semi-polished, honed, leather and sandblasted.
Contact: Daltile, 800-933-8453

Nickel and DIE–me–ing

By Tom McNall

A few years ago, I attended a seminar in Orlando put on by a marketing/sales guru about the future of selling for profit. His major suggestion: Advertise a lower price for your stone (he was focusing on fabricators) and then charge extra for every cut and profile.

October 2010

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MATERIALS

152_LG Hausys Viatera_renamed_4116NEW QUARTZ COLORS
LG Hausys America Inc.
, Atlanta, introduces 15 new colors to its Viatera® quartz-surface line, including high-tech metallic finishes now popular in the contract-design sector. The materials, utilzing 93-percent quartz, are non-porous, with hygenic and stain-resistant qualities. The additions now bring the Viatera palette to 45 different offerings.
Contact: LG Hausys, 866-544-4622