The Marble Institute of America (MIA) hosted its first Accreditation Program Immersion Course during Coverings 2014 in Las Vegas. This one-day course was designed to give companies interested in accreditation the opportunity to learn about the application, participate in a review of the exam material and to take the accreditation … Read more
by David & Lorrie Goldsmith Can you define the buzzword “best practices” or demonstrate how you implement best practices within your countertop or countertop supplies business? Don’t feel bad if you can’t. Often, best practices, if considered at all, are elusive goals that may be confused with the implementation of a new … Read more
Laticrete and DuPont announced June 4 that they have reached a definitive agreement for Laticrete to purchase the DuPont Surface Care business. The DuPont Surface Care business includes the company’s StoneTech, Stone Care and Paver Armor Pro brands, which will be merged into the Laticrete line-up. The transaction is expected … Read more
On June 1, in a letter to the industry, Aristech Acrylics/Avonite Surfaces CEO Ross McMillan announced that the two wings of the company would now be folded under a new name – Aristech Surfaces. “There is a long history behind these two global product brands, which have co-existed since 2003, … Read more
On June 1, in a letter to the industry, Aristech Acrylics/Avonite Surfaces CEO Ross McMillan announced that the two wings of the company would now be folded under a new name – Aristech Surfaces. “There is a long history behind these two global product brands, which have co-existed since 2003, … Read more
Do you ever have trouble keeping your Meganite, Meridian and Mystera straight from your Ecotec, Eos and Evercor? Or how about remembering who provides Quarella, Quantra and Q versus Cordia, Cambria and Compacstone? With an ever-increasing number of new materials and suppliers hitting the market, it can be difficult to … Read more
Do you ever have trouble keeping your Meganite, Meridian and Mystera straight from your Ecotec, Eos and Evercor? Or how about remembering who provides Quarella, Quantra and Q versus Cordia, Cambria and Compacstone? With an ever-increasing number of new materials and suppliers hitting the market, it can be difficult to … Read more
There has been a lot of interest shown in the new Dekton ultracompact sintered surfacing product introduced by Cosentino back in December, so when we ran across this video showing some “performance tests” on the new material, it caught our interest. While this video, which is admittedly put out by … Read more
IceStone launched two new colors of its cementitious recycled glass surfacing material: Cobalt Ice and Pearl Gray (shown here). Cobalt Ice is a vibrant combination of azure glass against bright white concrete. This color was part of the material’s palette until 2009, and now the formula has been reengineered. Pearl … Read more
Hunter Adams, owner of Trindco, understands that success can be more easily achieved when the employer and the employees are all working towards identical goals. Adams has put a system into place for his installers whereby they are evaluated through the use of metrics in order to increase efficiency and … Read more