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Natural Stone Institute announces Thor Lundh Quarrier Award

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Thor Lundh Oberlin, Ohio—The Natural Stone Institute (NSI) has released a new industry recognition award for 2024. The Thor Lundh Quarrier Award will recognize a NSI member who has made an extraordinary contribution to quarrying natural stone. The recipient will be recognized at either the NSI Study Tour or Marmomac.

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NBGQA to merge with the Natural Stone Institute

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Oberlin, Ohio—The National Building Granite Quarries Association (NBGQA) has voted to merge with the Natural Stone Institute to further advance industry efforts to support quarry advocacy, sustainability, outreach to architects and designers and continued efforts to promote the use of natural stone.

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AHF unveils Comfortstone engineered stone

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—AHF Products introduced Bruce Comfortstone engineered stone tile, featuring the look of natural stone and ceramic. Made with a durable composite material made primarily of crushed limestone, Comfortstone is an innovative alternative to natural stone. “We Like stone and ceramic, Comfortstone is incredibly durable.

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Natural stone 101: Understanding the basics

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Natural stone can be a hard product category for some retailers to get into. One, for example, is its truly unique look, and that’s not just from stone type to stone type but from installation to installation, derived from the stones inherently irreplicable features—unlike look-alike products in adjacent categories.

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Updated Natural Stone Sustainability Standard now available

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Oberlin, Ohio—A new version of the Natural Stone Sustainability Standard (ANSI/NSI 373 Sustainable Production of Natural Dimension Stone) has been published. The post Updated Natural Stone Sustainability Standard now available appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Continental Cut Stone earns sustainability certification

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Oberlin, Ohio— Continental Cut Stone in Florence, Texas, has earned certification to the Natural Stone Sustainability Standard (NSC/ANSI 373). It has been a goal of mine to get our companies certified for a number of years,” said Rob Teel, president of Continental Cut Stone. “I

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Stone of the Year 2023: Namib bianco marble

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Oberlin, Ohio—Best Cheer Stone, Inc., sponsored the 2023 Natural Stone Institute (NSI) Stone of the Year. Namib bianco is an African white marble from the Best Cheer Stone quarry in Karibib, Namibia. The post Stone of the Year 2023: Namib bianco marble appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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