BIG TIMES AHEAD FOR COUNTERTOPS IN U.S.
The latest study by The Freedonia Group estimates that natural stone will fill the bill for $5.5 billion (yes, billion) of countertop demand by
2019 and take almost a fifth of total market share. Overall market expansion will be 4.2% for the next four years, although granite demand may level off.
MIA ACCREDITATIONS HIT 100
Two locations of Sims-Lohman puts the Marble Institute of America
on the century mark for company certification. More companies will join the ranks by the end of the year.
THIS WEEK'S VIDEOS
Jim Hieb of the MIA goes pop-art in a promotional piece for TISE 2016. Also, the latest machines in action are a Breton edge-polisher and a OMAX waterjet slicing through stone.
PLUS ....
• Recycling the entire kitchen, countertops included.
• VT Industries buys Capitoline Products.
• Two stonemasons drown in Irish industrial tragedy.
• Father, son bond while carving marble.
• VT Industries buys Capitoline Products.
• Two stonemasons drown in Irish industrial tragedy.
• Father, son bond while carving marble.
Events
| NTCA Tile/Stone Workshops 15 September, Flagstaff, AZ and Greensboro, NC |
Moraware CounterGo 15 September, WEBINAR, 10 a.m. PDT |
| Massachusetts Stone Summit 24 September, M S International, Norwood, MA |
Marmomacc 30 September-4 October, Veronafiere, Verona, Italy |
| Stone Update PO Box 4620, Palm Springs CA 92263 760-998-1664 |
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