Contents
Features
Sizing Up Your Installation Crew
How many people does it take to install a countertop? The joke's no punchline if you break an island ... or a worker's foot.
Fabricator Focus
Axel Mendez likes finding products before they get a following. He found it 20+ years ago with something called Silestone®..
Vol. 6, No. 5
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Departments
Spall
Computers can write my column and fabricate your countertops automatically. You don't want to see the results either way.
Capsule
Even with inflation, some things are a lot cheaper than a year ago. The euro, thought, isn't one of them.
News Highlights
Cosentino Group picks Jacksonville, Fla, for a new U.S. plant. Also, Coverings draws neary 27,000; Caesarstone to close oldest surfacing factory.
Hard-Surface Cinema
Editor Emerson Schwartzkopf tags along with the International Surface Fabricators Association in a jaunt through northeast Italy.
The Message from NSI
The Natural Stone Institute is rededicating its efforts on fabricator safety to prevent the spread of silicosis.
Arpi on Tile
Arpi Nalbandian reviews the products and the trends coming from this year's Coverings in Orlando, Fla.
Of Grammar and Bullets
For Jason Nottestad', a concern for good English skills at a new job led to a truly tense situation.
SFA: What's the Answer?
The Stone Fabricators Alliance looks at the pay for installation subcontractors, making quartzite translucent, and the terms on client contracts.
Product Talk
Our regular guide to goods and services for the hard-surfaces industry.
Workshelf
Stone Update Magazine offers audio versions of selected articles on one easy-to-access page.
The Directory
Find the solution you need for your business.
Agenda
The when and where of events and education for the industry.
Advertising Index
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ON THE COVER: Segment of unprocessed onyx at Antolini Luigi & C., Sega di Caviaon, Italy, May 2023. Photo by Emerson Schwartzkopf.