The last month has certainly been a busy one. At the end of January, most of the industry headed to Las Vegas for StonExpo and Surfaces (now part of the larger exhibition referred to as the International Surfaces Event). It was a great start to the year, as the show was robust and one of the more successful shows for our industry here in years.
Then, after the shocking and untimely passing of our long-time editor, Michael Reis, at the beginning of February, our staff had to put magazines together without our editorial leader. I am proud of our staff's ability to move forward, especially Jennifer Adams, who has her work cut for her, but has been managing everything better than I could have imagined.