Month: August 2023

Natural Stone Institute Debuts New Natural Stone Catalogue

The Natural Stone Institute (NSI) announced the debut of the Natural Stone Catalogue, a new digital tool that will showcase NSI members’ natural stone offerings and material specifications. This tool will meet the needs of the design community by becoming a resource for finding natural stone options for projects. The … Read more

Milestone Porcelain Tile Now Available In Large-Format Sizes

Milestone porcelain tile is now available in a portfolio of large-format sizes of 48- by 48-in. and 48- by 110-in., in three of its most recent collections: JEM, launched in 2022, and the EcoStone and Farmhouse Living collections, launched at Coverings 2023. All 48- by 48-in. and 48- by 110-in. … Read more

Lunada Bay Tile Introduces New Graphite Tile Looks

Lunada Bay Tile is refreshing one of its most popular ceramic tile collections, Graphite, with two new shapes and three artistic colors. Graphite is one of the many tile products stocked in Lunada Bay Tile’s 100,000 sq. ft. facility in Harbor City, Calif., and is ready to ship immediately. According … Read more

UGM Surfaces Opens New Showroom

UGM Surfaces, a distributor of high-quality surface products, announced the opening of its new showroom in the Minneapolis suburb of Plymouth, Minn. This new location will provide customers in the area with a high-end, technologically advanced showroom location, where they can view and select from UGM Surfaces’ vast selection of … Read more

In Remembrance of Industry Veteran Omar Salazar

Our hearts are heavy as we share the news of the loss of Omar Salazar, who passed away on August 14, 2023. Salazar (55) served as senior crew chief at ROCKin’teriors, as an expert in natural stone fabrication and installation. Since 2008, he was instrumental in recruiting and forming the … Read more

Laminam Expands North American Presence

 Laminam, a manufacturer producing natural surfaces for interior and exterior design applications, has announced plans to open five new showrooms with adjoining distribution centers across North America. Four of the five new showrooms and warehouses will be in Canada’s major cities — Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary — and in … Read more

Better Vacuum Cups Offers New Smaller Cup Size

The new SS100 vacuum cup is the smallest SS cup offered by Better Vacuum Cups (BVC). According to the tooling manufacturer, this new vacuum cup is suitable for both corners or in arrangements of up to 10 for complex installations. Like BVC’s SS150, the SS100 comes with the company’s patented … Read more

Business Sense: Tips to Better Manage Countertop Shop Scheduling

By Katherine Gifford of Moraware What words come to mind when you think about your scheduling process? For a lot of fabricators – especially those with smaller operations – it’s chaos.  Striking the right balance of supply and demand is what scheduling is all about, but when everyone at your shop … Read more

Video Guide for Fabricating and Installing Porcelain Slabs

This video is from Caesarstone’s Master of Stone education series which the company makes available to hard surface fabricators for free in an effort to promote safety. The company’s online “Training Center” is a learning platform, dedicated to making information and working guidelines accessible to fabricators worldwide.

This video is about 20 minutes long and gives a solid overview of the various processes involved in working professionally with porcelain. It includes segments on prefabrication preparations, including inspections; machine cutting guidelines and properly planning the cutting; manual cutting guidelines; the transportation of fabricated slabs; proper installation; overhangs and islands; and post-installation considerations.

You may also be interested in this video on Mitigating Silica Dust Using Water Filtration.

Prodim Celebrates 25 Years at Marmomac 2023

Prodim International, a provider of digital templating solutions for the stone industry, will celebrate its 25th anniversary as the company showcases its innovative digital templating solutions at Marmomac 2023, which is scheduled to take place September 26 to 29, 2023 in Verona, Italy. Marmomac serves as an excellent platform for … Read more






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