Coverings ETC has announced it will be offering its Bio-Luminum tiles in larger sizes. In the first quarter of 2014 the company will offer these tiles, made from recycled airplane parts, in 8- by 16-in. sizes. The tiles, which are currently available in 3- by 6-in. and 6- by 12-in. … Read more
We recently received an email, here at CountertopResource.com, asking for information on a relatively new surfacing product. This product is commonly referred to as nano-crystallized glass, but it is also known as nano-crystal stone or nonporous marmoglass. After checking the usual sources, we found little readily available information on it, … Read more
Glass Recycled offers its Galaxy Collection line of surfacing material, designed to cater to multi-use development properties. The company’s boutique quality recycled glass surface is available for large scale multi-unit properties at near granite prices. The material features 100 percent recycled clear glass and porcelain particulate.
Eos Surfaces added two new colors to its GEOS Recycled Glass Surface line. Juneau is a bright, jewel-toned turquoise and Rincon is a mosaic of olive, rust and light blue in a sand-hued base. Equally friendly to the fabricator as it is to the environment, GEOS is NSF, Green Circle … Read more
The Grenite Engineered Stone Series offered by Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has received “food zone” certification from NSF International, an independent organization that certifies products for the consumer goods, food and water industries. Grenite is made from up to 80 percent post-consumer recycled materials. NSF approved the use of Grenite as … Read more
Teragren, manufacturer of bamboo panels, veneer and worktops, earned the USDA Certified Biobased Product Label for its full line of bamboo building products. The label verifies that the amount of renewable biobased ingredients in the materials meets or exceeds prescribed USDA levels. Biobased products are goods composed with agricultural, forestry … Read more
Vetrazzo introduced three new colors of its concrete-based, recycled-particulate surfacing material. The colors are: Umbo White, which mixes particulate from soda and beer bottles with oyster shells, pieces of jars and crushed marble; Bretagne Blue, which is an azure-tinted color that includes pies of oyster shells, crushed marble and architectural … Read more
by Steve Richerson Several big companies, such as GE, IBM and Walmart, and many smaller companies, including Tenant, Centiva and Stonyfield Yogurt, have recently locked their GPS coordinates on a really intriguing destination: market profitability through ecological sustainability. And fabricators can also benefit from taking this route. Ecological sustainability refers … Read more
Toto, supplier of faucets and related products, was recognized by the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper with a Best in Business Class award for its efforts to reduce water use in Atlanta by partnering with local government and businesses to upgrade outdated plumbing fixtures. Accepting the award was bill Strange, senior vice president of Toto, … Read more
More and more people are choosing to go green and live as sustainable a life as possible, and one primary way to achieve this is to invest in a sustainable home. Maintaining a home includes many interconnected facets. How food and water is brought into the home can affect … Read more
