Coverings, North America’s largest and preeminent international tile and stone exhibition and conference, has released a curated selection of sustainability-centric show activities to commemorate Earth Day, April 22nd, and celebrate the first day of Coverings 2024, taking place April 22nd to 25th at the Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) in Atlanta, GA.

Mercury Mosaics, the female-founded premiere maker of sustainable, handcrafted ceramic tiles, is excited to announce a significant expansion in its leadership team. 

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.