It was recently brought to my attention that in the Fox Magazine section on the Fox News website, there is an article entitled “Why You Don’t Want Granite Countertops In Your Kitchen.”

This Stone of the Month is supplied by Valders Stone & Marble, Inc. of Valders, WI.

Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, along with 14 cities of the southern region of Espírito Santo, composes the Local Productive Arrangement (LPA) of dimensional stones and stands out as the largest producer and exporter of dimensional stone in Brazil, and of recently, both of the Americas.

This year's recipient is the Center for Active Design, in collaboration with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Steelcase and Perkins+Will.

The winning companies will be announced and awarded in the winner's booths in January 2016 at TISE in Las Vegas, NV.

Building on the success of the inaugural edition, MS Marmomacc Samoter Africa & Middle East -- The International Trade Fair for Stone Design, Technology, Earthmoving and Building Machinery -- will be held in Cairo, Egypt

While shop safety has always been important, in recent years, it seems that it has become a top priority among fabricators and other industry members.

Stone World recently had the opportunity to discuss the topic of slab handling with a trio of established fabricators and distributors in the industry.

This Stone of the Month is supplied by Levantina of Novelda, Alicante, Spain.

The new Fusion® S series maintains the efficiency of cutting out a fully nested slab in minimal time, optimizing every inch of valuable material.