Cambria will present a free webinar on Wednesday, March 27th with a panel of three leading design experts.

Promoted by the Brazilian Center of Natural Stone Exporters (Centrorochas) and the Brazilian Trade and Investments Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil), the It’s Natural - Brazilian Natural Stone booth was the epicenter of activities and networking at KBIS 2024, opening up new partnership opportunities with architects and designers on a global scale and resulting in the collection of approximately 1,000 qualified leads over the three days of the event.

Martin Hjerpe, currently senior vice president M&A, Strategy and Supply Chain, will become president of the Tools division.

The Natural Stone Institute is pleased to announce a new industry recognition award for 2024. The Thor Lundh Quarrier Award will recognize a Natural Stone Institute member who has made an extraordinary contribution to quarrying natural stone. The recipient will be recognized at either the NSI Study Tour or Marmomac. The jury panel will include representatives from both the North American Quarry Advocacy Group and the Global Advocacy Group.

In recognition of Women’s History Month, ICG Italia hosted an empowering event, Inside The Architect Studio: A riveting exploration into the lives of women leading the industry on March 13th from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the ICG Gallery located at 111 Rhode Island Street, Suite B. 

Alpha Professional Tools is pleased to announce that we have hired Long Lai as the new marketing coordinator effective February 28th, 2024.

Alpha Professional Tools® hired Sean Mahoney to represent the company in the Northeast territory effective March 11, 2024. He will service Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Eastern New York, Eastern Pennsylvania, Virginia and the New England states.

In a strategic move to strengthen their floor grinding & surface preparation business, the Tyrolit Group invests in German company Contec Maschinenbau & Entwicklungstechnik GmbH. Contec, based in the Westerwald region of Germany, is a leading global supplier of state-of-the-art machines for surface preparation and finishing.

A contingency of Brazilian stone producers will exhibit at the Xiamen International Stone Fair, slated for March 16 to 19, 2024. 

Lunada Bay Tile is refreshing its popular LINEN ceramic tile collection with a new hexagon 4-inch tile and new 4 ¾ x 9 ½ tiles available in six glossy, vibrant colors. The subtly three-dimensional woven graphic brings the textured pattern to life,  giving it a rustic and elegant appearance, with all the performance benefits of porcelain tile.