The Natural Stone Alliance awarded the Natural Stone Institute with $20,000 to support ongoing sustainability initiatives and $4,000 to support scholarship opportunities through the NSI.
In honor of its 60th anniversary, Marmomac is focusing on the new identity of its cultural space in Hall 10 under the name “The Bedrock – Leading the Future of Natural Stone.”
Epiroc AB, a leading productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, has appointed Ulrika Areskog Lilja as Senior Vice President Brand & Communications, and Katarina Nilsson as Senior Vice President People & Leadership. They will join Epiroc’s Group Management and will succeed Nadim Penser, Senior Vice President Brand & Communications and Human Resources, who is retiring from Epiroc after almost 35 years in the Group.
As a founding member of the global alliance, Brazil was represented by Centrorochas at the meeting that marked a new stage in the NSSA's development, which now brings together 11 member organizations worldwide.
From personal AI agents shopping for countertops to customers templating their own kitchens with a smartphone, the stone shop of 2030 may look very different from the shop of today. That is the vision laid out by Rich Katzmann of Thrive Innovations, who joined the Stone World Podcast to discuss his company's recent report on the future of the stone shop.
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