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By Grant W. Hicks Marketing Objective There is nothing better in marketing than surpassing your targets and growing your business as you planned. On the flip side, there is nothing worse than finishing a slow month and starting a new month with few prospects and little potential business other than … Read more

Weha Develops 3-Step Diamond Polishing Pads

Designed to work for wet and dry granite, marble and engineered stone and quartz, the Weha 3-Step Hybrid Polishing Pads can reportedly save fabricators a good amount of time needed to complete a project by reducing the polishing process from the more  traditional 7-step process to only three steps. The polishing pads are made of … Read more

Weha Develops 3-Step Diamond Polishing Pads

Designed to work for wet and dry granite, marble and engineered stone and quartz, the Weha 3-Step Hybrid Polishing Pads can reportedly save fabricators a good amount of time needed to complete a project by reducing the polishing process from the more  traditional 7-step process to only three steps. The polishing pads are made of … Read more

clé Introduces Chinoiserie Hand-painted Porcelain Tile

clé introduced Chinoiserie, a new collection of hand-painted porcelain tile. Designed by Deborah Osburn, the  collection is a collaboration with a traditional chinoiserie artisan studio in China. The fine china porcelain is decorated with the historic iconography of traditional images:-song birds, cherry blossoms, chrysanthemums, pomegranates and butterflies. The tiles can be created … Read more

clé Introduces Chinoiserie Hand-painted Porcelain Tile

clé introduced Chinoiserie, a new collection of hand-painted porcelain tile. Designed by Deborah Osburn, the  collection is a collaboration with a traditional chinoiserie artisan studio in China. The fine china porcelain is decorated with the historic iconography of traditional images:-song birds, cherry blossoms, chrysanthemums, pomegranates and butterflies. The tiles can be created … Read more

SCIGRIP Acquires Integra Adhesives, Consolidation Effect on Future Unsure

According to a recent press release, Integra Adhesvies, one of the largest adhesives companies serving the countertop/surfacing market, was bought out this month by SCIGRIP Smarter Adhesives Solutions, a global manufacturer of structural and engineered adhesive products and a wholly owned subsidiary of IPS Corporation. Known already for acquiring top talent in … Read more

SCIGRIP Acquires Integra Adhesives, Consolidation Effect on Future Unsure

According to a recent press release, Integra Adhesvies, one of the largest adhesives companies serving the countertop/surfacing market, was bought out this month by SCIGRIP Smarter Adhesives Solutions, a global manufacturer of structural and engineered adhesive products and a wholly owned subsidiary of IPS Corporation. Known already for acquiring top talent in … Read more

Chemical Concepts Develops New CounterBalance Islandbar

The CounterBalance Island Bar overhang support bracket was developed by Chemical Concepts to provide a cost-efficient, quick and easy solution to support stone and solid surface countertop overhangs on any kind of cabinetry. The CounterBalance IslandBar is designed to support up to an 18 in. overhang. These low-profile support brackets … Read more

Chemical Concepts Develops New CounterBalance Islandbar

The CounterBalance Island Bar overhang support bracket was developed by Chemical Concepts to provide a cost-efficient, quick and easy solution to support stone and solid surface countertop overhangs on any kind of cabinetry. The CounterBalance IslandBar is designed to support up to an 18 in. overhang. These low-profile support brackets … Read more

NAHB Chief Economist David Crowe Retires

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)  announced that Chief Economist Dr. David Crowe retires on March 18. NAHB Vice President for Tax and Market Analysis, Dr. Robert D. Dietz, succeeds Crowe. Crowe has been responsible for NAHB’s forecasts of housing and economic trends, survey research and analysis of the home … Read more