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News and views for the hard-surfaces industry from the online leader covering granite, marble, quartz slabs, large-format porcelain and other stone fabrication in North America.

Strong Growth in U.S. Hardscaping Continues; Metcalf Top NTCA Honoree for 2021; more.

10 mins; August 24, 2021

ASI Sells Quartz-Surface Division; Hard-Surface Imports Top $470 Million in June.

10 mins; August 10, 2021

SESA Chooses TISE/StonExpo; China Quartz Vanity Action

10 mins; July 27, 2021

Mosaic Buys Walker Zanger, Opustone; Select Interiors Sheds RDS; Fabricator Trends Webinar July 28

12 mins; July 13, 2021

Turkish Tile Tariff Tussle Continues; Triton Acquires Stoneway; Are We Seeing a Slowdown in U.S. Imports?

11 mins; June 22, 2021

Australia Spends Millions on Silicosis Studies; Quartz-as-Glass Imports Targeted; more.

11 mins; June 08, 2021

Vendors Form New Trade Group; U.S. Hard-Surface Imports Hit 2 1/2 Year High; Cambria Stops Copy; more.

10 mins; May 11, 2021

Polycor to be Carbon-Neutral in 2025; SmartFair Draws 30,000+; Hard-Surface Imports Strong in February.

12 mins; April 27, 2021

Turkey in Tax-Tariff Tussle; TISE Registration Now Online; Cosentino $ Good in 2020; more.

13 mins; April 13, 2021

TISE Set for June In-Person Event in Las Vegas; Biden Admin Defends Trump China Tariffs; more.

13 mins; March 23, 2021

U.S. Customs Cites China/Malaysia Quartz Shippers; Caesarstone Expects Better in 2021.

13 mins; March 09, 2021

Hard Surfaces Elude "Airbus" Tariff; Glitch Kills KBIS Online Show Exhibits; more.

10 mins; February 22, 2021

Coverings Gains July Show Partner; Minimal Loss in 2020 Hard-Surface Imports; more.

11 mins; February 09, 2021

No Vietnam tariffs ... for now; founder of Walker Zanger passes; more.

10 mins; January 26, 2021

New Vietnam Tariffs?; Caesarstone Acquires Omicron; more.

12 mins; January 12, 2021

2020: The Year in Review for Hard Surfaces

17 mins; December 22, 2020

Silicosis Treatment Shows Promise; Coverings 2021 Moves to July; more.

5 mins; November 24, 2020

September Hard-Surface Imports Set Record; Silicosis Webinar on Nov. 17; 2021 Vitória Stone Show is Off.

9 mins; November 09, 2020

Fabrication-Shop Homicide Trial; Coverings Connected on Nov. 18; more.

8 mins; October 26, 2020

KBIS Goes Online Only for 2021; Hard-Surface Imports Up Again

10 mins; October 13, 2020

Cosentino to Expand Midwest Operations; NTCA Tilesetter Winners; more.

8 mins; September 21, 2020

U.S. Hard-Surface Imports Up; Caesarstone Adds Porcelain Producer; more.

10 mins; September 08, 2020

NEWS: TISE delayed to June 2021; Coverings Connected Begins; Majestic on Inc. 5000

8 mins; August 25, 2020

NEWS: Hard-Surface Imports Improve in June; Updates on Xiamen, KBIS Events; more.

10 mins; August 10, 2020

NEWS: Fabricator Webinar Next Week; New LATICRETE CEO; more.

10 mins; July 21, 2020

NEWS: Covid-19 & Remodeling; Marmomac Going Online Only; more.

10 mins; July 07, 2020

NEWS: Silicosis Worsens Away from Exposure; new Laminam logo; more.

10 mins; June 23, 2020

NEWS: Slow Global Growth for Countertops; Australia Gains on Silicosis; more.

9 mins; June 09, 2020

NEWS: Xiamen Online Show, New Pearlman CEO, more.

8 mins; May 26, 2020

NEWS: Tariffs, U.S. Fiandre Slabs, Coverings Connected

4 mins; May 17, 2020

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