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VERONA, Italy – The 56th Marmomac natural-stone exhibition saw 47,000 attendees during its run here on the last week of September. That’s a 49% increase from 2021, and represents industry professionals from 132 countries. The number is close to pre-pandemic attendance, according to organizers. Meanwhile, in Bologna, the 39th edition of the international tile event Cersaie also drew closer to its pre-COVID level with an attendance of more than 91,000 visitors. Neither event was held in 2020.
WASHINGTON – Quartz surfaces from Malaysia must now follow specific certification rules. The move comes in the wake of a federal investigation into materials possibly transshipped from China. The U.S. Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA), put the new procedure into effect in October for all quartz surfaces coming from Malaysia. The action came after the ITA began an inquiry in February into allegations of quartz-surface products being sent from China to Malaysia, then shipped as Malaysian-made.