Edgar Bautista joins BB Industries as outside sales consultant in the Los Angeles, CA area. He was previously a sales representative at GranQuartz for more than four years, after earning his stripes in the warehouse at Pearl Abrasive. Bautista will cover Los Angeles and Orange County. 

Material Bank, the world’s largest marketplace for architectural, design, and construction materials, announced it has secured $175 million in Series D funding led by Brookfield’s technology investment arm Brookfield Growth, with participation from additional strategic partners Fifth Wall, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, and RXR. This significant raise brings the company’s total funding to more than $325 million. 

The official launch of Planitop® 3D construction ink/mortar and the strategic partnership between MAPEI Corporation and Black Buffalo 3D was announced at the future site of the first 3D-printed homes in Virginia by Alquist 3D. 
 

LuxeHome, the world’s largest collection of premier boutiques for home building and renovation, located on the first floor of the Merchandise Mart in downtown Chicago, welcomes Vadara Quartz Distributed by UGM Surfaces to its Design Resource Center (Suite 163).

StoneLoads has announced the national launch of its online natural stone marketplace, which can be found at StoneLoads.com.

Patti Smith-Connelly, a tile industry veteran, has been appointed by Portobello America as the company’s Commercial Sales Manager.

Hurricane blades cut like a cyclone at a more affordable price. It has a softer bond for fast cutting action.

Laticrete, a leading manufacturer of globally proven construction solutions for the building industry, was selected as the ‘Supplier of the Year’ by the highly-esteemed Ceramic Tile Distributor Association (CTDA), an international organization of distributors, manufacturers and allied professionals of ceramic tile and related products.

A new course focused on the requirements needed to certify to the Natural Stone Sustainability Standard is now available in the Natural Stone University.

The Natural Stone Institute has provided natural stone and fabrication services for its 42nd home with the Gary Sinise Foundation through its R.I.S.E. (Restoring Independence Supporting Empowerment) program.