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In May of 2025, the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) in New York City reopened to the public after a four-year renovation project, which included reviving and matching its historic Stony Creek granite flooring.

Your fabrication shop can have the best website. The best portfolio. The best quality. The best price. But if you are slow to respond to a lead, you lose.

The well-known actor and humanitarian shared insight into the Gary Sinise R.I.S.E. program, as well as his son’s musical legacy, during his keynote speech at the international stone and tile exhibition.

Insight into pertinent issues affecting stone industry professionals dominated the panel discussion presented by members of the Natural Stone Institute executive committee during Coverings 2026.

During a Fabricator Forum held earlier this year during The International Surface Event (tise), one fabricator raised a question about how to deal with the demands of multiple builders at one time. Industry veteran Geoffrey Gran of The Countertop Factory and Tim Zeng of Zeng Countertops & Surfaces offer their insights.

Sal Romero of Laser Products Industries demonstrated the capabilities of the LT-2D3D Laser Templator at a recent Stone Industry Education event.

Expanding its efforts to assist fabricators in growing their businesses, the Stone Fabricator’s Alliance offered an immersive course in Brazil to initiate relationships with stone producers and offer guidance on how to start the importing process.

Since 1966, the company currently known as Yellowstone Rock has been a reliable source of travertine – supplying its material to high-profile projects throughout the U.S.

Our Monthly breakdown of the USITC import data covering natural stone, engineered quartz and quartzite, including year-over-year comparisons, top source countries and how tariffs are shifting the competitive landscape for U.S. fabricators.

With project owners focusing more on sustainability and contractors addressing increasingly demanding applications, specifiers must understand the fundamentals of quartz as a design material within the broader context of modern construction goals and expectations.