Coverings, the largest international tile & stone show in North America, has announced the activation of three charitable initiatives over the course of the 2018 show. The initiatives, benefit Habitat for Humanity, Clean the World and The Homeless Pets Foundation.

The distinguished awards recognize innovation, creativity and ingenuity in the global economy. Award winners will be announced April 11, 2018 at the Edison Awards Annual Gala, held in the historic Ballroom of the Capitale in New York City.

The twelve winning projects of the 2018 Tucker Design Awards were honored during a ceremony at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts in San Antonio, TX on February 25. The recipient of the 2018 Bybee Prize, Carol R. Johnson, FASLA, was also celebrated during the ceremony.

Epiroc, the new subsidiary of the Atlas Copco Group that is planned to be listed on the stock exchange in 2018, is exhibiting at the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Inc. (SME) Annual Conference & Expo for the first time.

David Castellucci, director of business development at Kenneth Castellucci & Associates in Lincoln, RI, has been named 2017 Person of the Year by the Natural Stone Institute.

International Masonry Institute (IMI) will host a Tile Marble Terrazzo (TMT) educational conference for design and construction professionals in six U.S. cities in 2018.

Internazionale Marmi e Macchine Carrara has conceived a new concept for its 2018 event, Carrara², which will consist of White Carrara Downtown and Marmotec_Hub_4.0. The exhibition is scheduled from June 2 to 9.

Stone Boss, a distributor of stone tooling and equipment headquartered in Fair Lawn, NJ, attracted a group of attendees by holding a raffle during the second day of The International Surface Event (TISE)

Visitors lined up before the doors opened yesterday at The Mandalay Bay Convention in Las Vegas for The International Surface Show (TISE) The exhibitor hall remained bustling throughout the entire first day.