Front Range Stone Hosts Digital Expo

Front Range Stone in Englewood, Colo., recently hosted a Park Industries Digital Expo that drew in 85 stone countertop fabricators from the United States and Canada. To date, this is the largest of the events Park has put on. The expo showcased Front Range Stone’s digital systems for designing and … Read more

Fabricator Profile: Atlanta Kitchen

Mitch Hires, founder of Atlanta Kitchen in Decatur, Ga., attributes the success of the business to a wide selection of products, selecting a top-quality staff and getting rid of company debt as quickly as possible. When it comes to his business, failure is simply unacceptable to Hires, noting the difficulties … Read more

Integra Adhesives Appoints New Manager

Integra Adhesives USA Inc. appointed Monika Gasior as Midwest territory manager. With more than 10 years’ experience in the countertop, architecture and design industry, she is based in Chicago and will provide sales and technical assistance to fabricators in the U.S. Midwest. “The hiring of Monika demonstrates Integra’s ongoing commitment … Read more

Stone Forensics to Hold Stone Inspector Training in Conjunction with StonExpo

Stone Forensics will be conducting a Stone Inspector training program from January 27 to 31, 2014, during StonExpo in Las Vegas. The program is designed to teach the basics of inspecting stone and ceramic tile installations. According to Fred Hueston, who will be conducting the training, “The amount of failures, poor installations and … Read more

Formica Introduces 13 New Solid Surface Colors

Formica Corporation introduced 13 new solid surface colors, adding new quartz-like patterns and shimmer to the brand’s collection of smooth, seamless and nonporous solid surfacing products. The company’s design team styled the latest patterns to coordinate with a variety of Formica brand surfacing products, a concept dubbed Colorbox. “We first introduced … Read more

Crystaline Stone: A Brilliant Development?

While natural stone is available in a range of patterns and colors, many of which are astonishing to those new in the field, some say it cannot match the colors found in precious gems or even the human imagination. Many attempts have been made to artificially color natural stone, but … Read more

Pat Weaver, Former Director at Formica, Joins LE Smith

Pat Weaver, former National OEM Sales Director for the Formica Corporation and previous Senior VP Sales & COO for Alliance Minerals North America,  joined The L.E. Smith Company as Director of Sales. Weaver brings more than 25 years of executive experience in the countertop industry to his new role. He … Read more