Neolith Calacatta by TheSize, manufacturer and designer of Sintered Compact Surfaces, has been awarded the prestigious Red Dot award: Product Design 2015.

A few months ago, I drove up to Massachusetts to visit Cumar, Inc., who is featured in this edition of the Stone World Fabricator E-News.

April marks the 10th anniversary of Pacific Shore Stones, a nationwide importer and wholesaler of exotic natural stones, founded in Los Angeles, CA, in 2004.

Attendees of Coverings, North America's largest tile and stone exposition and conference, will see firsthand the visions of four Las Vegas-area design teams come to life during the show's Installation Design Showcase (IDS).

On Wednesday, January 29, at Surfaces in Las Vegas, NV, Clear Seas Research will present the CLEARselect awards for the 2013 Tile & Stone Installation Contractor CLEAReport category winners.

Representatives with Pacific Shore Stones recently announced that it is expanding to open its 13th location, in Charleston, SC.

Importing is a polarizing subject to many in the industry.

In recent months, I made "repeat visits" to two different fabrication shops that I had first covered before the recession turned our industry upside down -- both of whom are profiled in this E-Newsletter.

When I visit large-scale slab processing plants around the world, the owners and managers I meet always make sure that I see the latest materials that they are offering to the marketplace.