ORLANDO – Coverings 2008 posted a site record – if not an overall one – during the massive stone-and-tile event here this spring.
Event producer National Trade Productions (NTP) noted, in a news release, that attendees during the four days of April 29-May 2 numbered “more than 35,000,” and that “overall attendance” showed an increase of 3.8 percent from the last time Coverings appeared in Orlando two years ago.
By K. Schipper
As the rumble over use of green products becomes a roar, stone has a definite advantage over some other materials. And, what could be more natural than something pulled directly from Mother Earth?
by Cathie Beck
NEW BERLIN, Wis. – K.G. Stevens Inc. fabricates and installs premium countertop surfaces … but it’s a lot different than the standard stone shop. What sets the firm apart is how it gets things done – and who’s the customer.
ORLANDO – The 2008 Prism Awards go from coast-to-coast this year, from a chic California office building to a Texas city hall and two high-end commercial installations in Washington … with plenty of stops in-between.
When selling a great product, it’s hard to believe that people don’t like it as much as you do. Unfortunately for the stone trade, those of lesser faith are heading for your front door.
By Cathie Beck
MISSOURI CITY, Texas –Vito Cangelosi first put his hands to stone more than 45 years ago … and don’t start thinking that his Cangelosi Company works with anything else.
CARRARA, Italy – Mexico grabbed the spotlight this year with multiple winners in the 24th annual Marble Architectural Awards (MAA).
By Emerson Schwartzkopf
If there’s one word that gets overused today – besides green – it’s revolutionary.
At first glance, the job of templater seems pretty straightforward. You drive from place to place and collect the measurements needed to make countertops. A quick length, width, and sink centerline before you head back to the shop, right?
By K. Schipper
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. – When early settlers of this Detroit suburb built their first school on the eve of the Civil War, they used the material at hand: granite fieldstone left behind when the last of the glaciers retreated from the area millennia before.