Radio Stone Update – Details, episodes & analysis

00:00 Brought to You By TAB Surfaces
00:19 Intro
00:29 Global efforts for Sustainable Natural Stone
02:42 A Word from TAB Quartz
03:51 Color Quartz Dropped from Silicosis Award
05:39 Marble Systems Inc. Announces VA Expansion
06:55 Amendola New Americas CEO at Neolith
08:07 UK Considers New Fabrication Safety Rule
09:39 2025 Marmomac Brazil in São Paulo
10:58 Cosentino Revamps Two U.S. Showrooms
12:23 Employees Now Own Premier Granite & Stone
13:12 Neolith Gains Good Housekeeping Award
13:51 Park Industries Holds Expo in Hawaii
14:55 BACA BASH on Nov. 21
16:00 Outro
16:28 Brought to You By TAB Surfaces

Radio Stone Update is presented on the second and fourth Wednesdays every month at 9 a.m. everywhere on Earth with the latest news and insights in hard surfaces. Check our archives at www.radiostoneupdate.com.

00:00 Brought to You By Quantra
00:23 Intro
00:33 Marmomac Draws 58,000
02:02 Cersaie Brings in 90,000+
03:25 A Word from Quantra
04:37 Masters of Stone - All Women
05:48 Coldspring's Hermans First Lundh Award Honoree
07:08 Coverings Design, Young Leader Awards Seek Entries
08:35 Online Registration Opens for TISE 2025
10:13 Italians Decry Unfair Tile Imports
11:31 Cosentino Group Promotes Four in North America
12:23 Weber Joins NTCA Staff
12:55 Outro
12:24 Brought to You By Quantra

Radio Stone Update is presented on the second and fourth Wednesdays every month at 9 a.m. everywhere on Earth with the latest news and insights in hard surfaces. Check our archives at www.radiostoneupdate.com.

Ceramic-tile use declined in the United States in 2023; Park Industries Heads East for June Digital Stoneworking Expo®; and Natural Stone Institute CEO Jim Hieb offers a reminder on shop safety. 

00:22 Intro
00:33 Ceramic Tile Use Down in 2023 in United States
02:41 Park Industries Plans Expo in June near Washington
04:28 A Word from Quantra
05:40 ISFA West Coast Fabricator Forum Set for June 11-13
07:31 Woody Sanders in NTCA Ring of Honor
09:08 NSI's Jim Hieb on Shop Safety
10:18 Arizona Tile Promotes Three in Exec Roles
11:36 Henry, Ventimigila Move Up at Louisville Tile
12:33 TCNA 2024 Tile Person: Schluter Family
14:00 Outro

This broadcast of Radio Stone Update is underwritten by Quantra.

Radio Stone Update is presented on the second and fourth Wednesdays every month at 9 a.m. everywhere on Earth with the latest news and insights in hard surfaces. Check our archives at www.radiostoneupdate.com.

U.S. tile producers want unfair-trade tariffs on imports of ceramic tile from India; Elizabeth Lambert is NTCA's Tile Person of the Year; Coverings Honors Tenth Anniversary Rock Stars.

00:18 Intro
00:28 U.S. Tile Producers Seek Unfair-Trade Tariffs on India
03:17 Elizabeth Lambert is NTCA Tile Person of the Year
04:33 A Word from TAB Quartz
05:43 Coverings Honors 10th Class of Rock Stars
06:59 Hardscape North Americs 2024 Registration Opens
08:54 "Stone Takes the Stage" at 2024 Marmomac
10:14 Xiamen Stone Fair Draws 151,000+
11:52 Outro

This podcast is underwritted by TAB Quartz.

Radio Stone Update is presented on the second and fourth Wednesdays every month at 9 a.m. everywhere on Earth with the latest news and insights in hard surfaces. Check our archives at www.radiostoneupdate.com.

Cosentino Group tops $1.7 billion in worldwide revenue for 2023; Australia refines engineered-stone ban; Coverings 2024 prepares for Earth Day.

This edition of Radio Stone Update is brought to you by Quantra.

0:23 Intro
00:33 Cosentino Hits $1.7 billion in 2023
03:38 A Word from Quantra
04:51 Australia Refines Engineered-Stone Ban
06:23 Landmark Revamps Tennessee Factory
07:30 Coverings 2024 Plans for Earth Day
09:17 NSI Opens Entries for 2024 Pinnacles, Industry Honors
11:35 Koteles Joins Northwood Machines for Midwest U.S.
12:23 Duve New ISFA Membership Director
13:03 Mapei, Daltile Headline Sponsors for Flooring Summit
14:23 Outro

Radio Stone Update is presented on the second and fourth Wednesdays every month at 9 a.m. everywhere on Earth with the latest news and insights in hard surfaces. Check our archives at www.radiostoneupdate.com.

The Natural Stone Institute announces a new annual award for quarriers; Technistone nixes materials for dry fabricators in the U.K.; and Stone Update Editor Emerson Schwartzkopf reports on the Xiamen Stone Fair in China this month.

Radio Stone Update is presented on the second and fourth Wednesdays every month at 9 a.m. everywhere on Earth with the latest news and insights in hard surfaces. Check our archives at www.radiostoneupdate.com.

Coverings 2024 sets active 2024 agenda in Atlanta; new ISFA fabricator program starts next month in Charlotte, N.C.;  KBIS draws 41,500 to Las Vegas in 2024; more.

00:19 Intro
00:34 Coverings 2024 Offers Education in Atlanta
04:35 A Word from Quantra
05:39 ISFA Revamps Fabricator Meet In April
08:07 KBIS Draws 41,000 in Las Vegas in February
09:59 NTCA Porcelain-Panel Training in March
11:18 Flooring Sustainablity Summit Speakers
13:17 Gee Joins GI Stone
14:13 Gaines New CFO at Louisville Tile
15:11 Crowder New NTCA Membership. Five-Star Director
16:01 Outro

Radio Stone Update is underwritten by Quantra.

Radio Stone Update is presented on the second and fourth Wednesdays every month at 9 a.m. everywhere on Earth with the latest news and insights in hard surfaces. Check our archives at www.radiostoneupdate.com.

Caesarstone optimistic for 2024 after tumultuous year; U.S. hard-surface imports readjust after end of post-pandemic boom; Cosentino hosts C.Next in Cabo.

00:30 Caesarstone Plans Ahead After Tumultuous 2023
04:30 A Word from TAB Quartz
05:43 U.S. Hard-Surface Imports Down 15% in 2023
08:29 Cosentino Offers C.Next Sessions in Cabo
11:01 Neolith Taps Sanchez as CEO for North America, LATAM
12:27 Brazil Shows Natural Stone's Best at KBIS
14:14 NSI Honors Arcot, Osterhout

Radio Stone Update is presented on the second and fourth Wednesdays every month at 9 a.m. everywhere on Earth with the latest news and insights in hard surfaces. Check our archives at www.radiostoneupdate.com.

Brazil's 2023 exports of natural stone breaks $1 billion mark; Vitória Stone Fair will move to São Paulo in 2025; flooring sustainability summit set for this summer; more. 

00:19 Intro
00:32 Brazil Tops $1 Billion in Natural Stone Exports in 2023
02:21 Vitoria Stone Fair Moving to Sao Paulo
04:05 First Flooring Sustainability Summit Set for July
05:38 A Word from Quantra
06:51 NSI Honors Three With Industry Recognition Awards
11:04 NTCA Porcelain Panel Training in February
12:52 NTCA Delegation Heads for Cevisama
13:44 New Logo, Organization at Stonepeak
14:33 Iris Ceramica Launches ICG Italia in United Statess
15:30 Outro

This podcast is sponsored by Quantra® Quartz.

Radio Stone Update is presented on the second and fourth Wednesdays every month at 9 a.m. everywhere on Earth with the latest news and insights in hard surfaces. Check our archives at www.radiostoneupdate.com.

Patrick Perus steps down as Polycor president/CEO; Yellowstone Equipment offers new line of affordable CNC equipment; BACA Systems, Comandulli partner.

00:19 Intro
00:29 Top Management Changes at Polycor
03:12 Yellowstone Equipment Debuts
04:38 A Word from TAB Quartz
05:47 BACA Systems, Comandulli Partner in USA
07:08 NSI Stone of the Year: Calacatta Lincoln
08:02 New ISFA Board Directors
09:46 Behrends Joins Rockheads Group
10:36 OHM Intl., Virginia Tile Partner with Valiant Surfaces
11:57 Goddin Joins Tile Heritage Foundation Board
12:25 Outro

Radio Stone Update is presented on the second and fourth Wednesdays every month at 9 a.m. everywhere on Earth with the latest news and insights in hard surfaces. Check our archives at www.radiostoneupdate.com.