Natural Stone Institute is pleased to announce that accelerated weathering testing is now available through the testing lab’s recently acquired environmental simulation chamber. This test method is used to determine the level of strength and fabric degradation caused to a natural dimension stone by exposure to repeated cycles of freezing and thawing in a near saturated condition. Accelerated Weathering tests are often required by project design and engineering teams in regions that experience high numbers of freeze/thaw cycles.
Diamond tool manufacturer Diamut, which became part of Biesse Group in 2002, has announced that it will open a new tool restoration operation run by highly trained Diamut operators and engineers on the Biesse Group campus in Charlotte. The company’s customers and distributors who use Intermac and other cutting-edge glass and stone machines will be able to send their worn tooling to the Charlotte facility to have it re-profiled and restored, a process often known as “redressing,” starting in early September.
Braxton-Bragg has hit the road with Viper Van, a mobile sales van, offering local Tennessee stone fabrication shops immediate access to both exclusive and national brands of blades, pads and tooling, including the company’s own Viper brand.
Within the scope of cultural events at Marmomac 2018, an exhibition will be presented focusing on educational and research experiences involving experiments with the use of stone materials carried out by Departments of Architecture and Design in Italian Universities in collaboration with companies and vocational and art schools, and curated by Raffaello Galiotto and Vincenzo Pavan.
Natural Stone Institute (NSI) members have provided natural stone and fabrication services for 15 specially adapted smart homes for severely wounded veterans through their support of the Gary Sinise Foundation R.I.S.E. program (Restoring Independence Supporting Empowerment).
Members of the Midwest Chapter of the Natural Stone Institute (NSI) will gather on Wednesday, August 1, 2018 to tour Coldspring’s NSC 373 Platinum Certified Charcoal quarry and discuss how sustainability impacts a business.
On June 15, representatives from Women in Stone and Meisterfrauen met during Stone+tec 2018 in Nuremberg, Germany. With similar missions to empower women within the stone industry, the two groups met to learn more about each other’s history, organizational setup and goals for the future.
Daltile recently hosted a multi-faceted meeting for its Statements Program dealer members at the Ritz-Carlton in Cancun, Mexico. This conference is held every other year, and is designed to further solidify and increase the value of the partnership between Daltile and its Statements dealers.
Des Moines-based artists Kim and John Novotny announce a new stone art venture that captures images deep within the microscopic world of stone. The Midwestern artists are owners of Light the Earth studio and gallery located at Mainframe Studios in downtown Des Moines.
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