Coverings, the leading international trade show and educational conference for the tile, stone and floor covering industry, announced its dates for next year. The show will take place from March 23 to 26, 2004 in Orlando, FL, at the Orange County Convention Center's new "North/South" complex. Over 1,450 exhibitors from 45 countries will showcase trend-setting products, designs, applications and services of interest to a worldwide audience of professional designers, merchandisers, architects, specifiers and contractors. The Vision 2004 Conference Program will provide free educational seminars, including over 100 classes and workshops. For more information, contact Coverings, 11940 U.S. Highway One, Suite 200, North Palm Beach, FL 33408 USA; Phone: 561.776.0600 or 800.881.9400; Fax: 561.776.7466 or 800.883.9466; Internet: www.coverings.com.

EuroStone Machine will present Thibaut's new CNC countertop machining center, the T108A, as part of its "Demo Days" at Pyramid Supply Inc. in Barre, VT. The event is set to take place at Pryamid Supply's facilities in Barre from June 25 to 28. The Thibaut T108A is the evolution of the well-known T108 series of manual machinery. This unit features an easy-to-master graphic interface and has two additional programming options (teach-in as well as direct file entry). Also, the machine can be manually operated using conventional templates if the regular CNC operator is unavailable. The unit is available with or without an automatic tool changer. For more information, contact Pyramid Supply Inc., 85 South Main Street, Barre, VT 05641; Phone: 802-479-5332; Fax: 802-476-6909.

Indiana Limestone Co., Inc. of Bedford, IN, and Traditional Cut Stone Ltd. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, have formed a reciprocal agency agreement. Under the terms of the deal, Traditional Cut Stone will offer the cut-to-size services of Indiana Limestone Co., and Indiana Limestone Co. will offer the carving services of Traditional Cut Stone. For more information, visit their Web sites at www.traditionalcutstone.com or www.ilco.com.