DALLAS, TX -- Hanley Wood Exhibitions has announced an extensive list of sponsors and endorsers who are working with show management to make the October launch of The International Surface Event East (TISE East) a big success.  TISE East, comprised of three world-class tradeshows, SURFACES, StonExpo/Marmomacc Americas and TileExpo, will be held October 19 to 22 at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, FL.  The International Surface Event East

The official sponsors are the World Floor Covering Association, Marble Institute of America, Building Stone Institute and National Stone Council and its affiliate members: American Monument Association, Canadian Stone Association, Elberton Granite Association, Indiana Limestone Institute, National Building Granite Quarries Association and Northwest Granite Manufacturers Association.

Endorsers include Marmomacc, Allied Stone Industries, Vitoria Stone Fair, Stone Fabricator's Alliance, Ceramic Tile Institute of America, Inc., Certified Floorcovering Installers, Ceramic Tile Education Foundation, The Experience, Floor Covering Industry Foundation, International Concrete Repair Institute, International Standards & Training Alliance, National Institute of Certified Floorcovering Inspectors, National Wood Flooring Association and Tile Partners for Humanity.

"We are thrilled to have such an esteemed group of partners working with us to provide the flooring, stone and tile industries with an East Coast event," said Dana Teague, Vice-President, Hanley Wood Exhibitions. "Each one of them enhances the event in a multitude of ways which provides added-value to both exhibitors and attendees."