Ryan Thewes, the owner of Ryan Thewes Architect, has been a licensed architect for 10 years and discussed his business and some of the trends he is seeing in the stone and tile industries.

Are you prepared for what the future has in store for the industry? If you're a business owner, are you confident it's prepared? Back in May, Stone World’s parent company, BNP Media, announced a brand-new trade show, AEC BuildTech, which is structured around seeing and learning about new technologies, methodologies and products -- elements that have the capacity to drastically transform the AEC industry.

An innovative, versatile line of thin limestone construction panels from Indiana Limestone Companyis detailed in a new website, http://lightlimestone.com. The site provides ample information on the company's natural stone panels, highlighting their light weight, great strength and modular versatility.

Laticrete, a manufacturer of globally-proven construction solutions for the building industry, has doubled the shelf life of nearly 20 of its bagged cement-based mortars and grouts.

Strata_Mat XT provides vapor management, eliminates transmission of in-plane substrate cracks of up to 1/8 inches and assists with easier floor layout as chalk lines are easily visible on the surface prior to tile installation