Get the data — and the story behind the numbers — of last year’s U.S. imports of dimensional hard surfaces.
Issues
March-April 2019
The prospect of quartz surfaces outdoors, latest Pinnacle Award winners, and much, much more.
January-February 2019
Increasing a shop’s lift capacity; new views on quartz’s future; limestone goes contemporary in Paris; 10 Questions with Cambria’s Marty Davis; more.
November-December 2018
Concrete alternative surfaces; 10 Questions with Patrick Perus of Polycor; Québec limestone armory renaissance; 2018 Coverings awards; more.
September-October 2018
Water-treatment issues; first-half 2018 U.S. hard-surface imports; 2018 Tucker Design Awards for natural stone; safe lifting and handling in shops; more.
July-August 2018
Hard surfaces in the outdoor-living market; Fabricator Focus with Jackson Stoneworks; OSHA’s 2017 tally on industry safety; more.
May-June 2018
Robotics; 1st Quarter 2018 U.S. Hard-Surfaces Imports; Ellsworth Kelly’s final work, in limestone and marble; more.
March-April 2018
Cutting porcelain and ultra-compact slabs; 2017 Pinnacle Award winners; using a flat-edge polisher to clear backshop bottlenecks; more.
January-February 2018
Meeting OSHA silica-dust safety regulations by June 2018 deadline; surfaces report from 2018 KBIS in Orlando; NKBA Chairman Lorenzo Marquez interview; more.
November-December 2017
Hurricane Harvey’s wrath upon Houston stone surfaces; 3Q U.S. hard-surface imports; fixing a countertop nick with urethane; 10 Questions With Jeffrey Matthews.