Contents
Features
The Future of Granite
Granite use reached its height in the mid-2000s, but is it a contender today?
Fabricator Focus
Alec Turner calls his Alaskan Granite Works a one-man band. It's calling quite a tune.
Cream With Your Travertine?
A Toronto coffee shop sets the mood with travertine ... everywhere.
Vol. 5, No. 2
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Departments
Spall
For trade shows, 2021 was a strange year. The editor's seen stranger.
Capsule
A new feature highlighting current facts and figures influencing the U.S. hard-surface industry.
News
The Natural Stone Institute, Marmomac and Informa look to expand natural stone's role at TISE.
News Highlights
Two big hard-surface events return to in-person status this fall. Also, Caesarstone records record 3Q earnings, and Laminam doubles-down on production.
Hard-Surfaces Cinema
The editor gets poked in the nose and fills out form-after-form, but manages to file an in-person report from Italy's big trade events.
The Safe Shop
Mankind's oldest discovery can be still be its most-dangerous. Don't take anything for granted in the backshop.
SFA: What's the Answer?
Is this the way that installed quartzite should look? The Stone Fabricators Alliance takes on the problem.
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
Contact Us
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