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Natural stone 101: Understanding the basics

Floor Covering News

Lead times, maintenance, job lots from the quarrying should be comfortable for the retailer to walk someone through. Mike Weaver vice president of dealer trade sales Emser Tile Understand the advantages for you, the retailer “There are many surveys that show natural stone is what consumers ultimately want on their floors and counters.

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Catalina and CTaSC Announces the Release of the 2013 Stone Report

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

. • The important home center channel sources directly, however, independent importers and distributors primarily sell to other retailers and installers, according to a survey by Ceramic Tile And Stone Consulting. In addition, the report estimates the ceramic tile and stone installation materials, maintenance products, and tool market.

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A Note From Jim: MIA Focuses on 2015

StoneDimensions

MIA represents the entire supply chain with industry segmentation as follows: fabricator (42.5%), slab distributor (25.6%), quarry/producer (7.5%), equipment suppliers (7.8%), installers (5.8%), restoration (4.6%), consultant (2.6%), and other (3.7%). 2015 Initiatives / Goals. OSHA and Health Canada. and Canada).

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Chapter Leaders Gather at StonExpo

StoneDimensions

Some takeaways and actions items from the joint chapter meeting included: Produce Chapter Member Survey to find topics that should be discussed during quarterly meeting. Ontario Quarry Tour. Work with local suppliers to build a distribution network that includes local stone professionals. Geology of Natural Stone. June 21, 2015.

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A Note from Jim - May/June 2014

StoneDimensions

Since January 1st the following have been added: A host of industry statistics, trends, and data references - this includes the latest fabricator benchmarking survey, which has information of interest for fabricators and stone & equipment distributors - see www.marble-institute.com/data. Four new safety toolbox training documents.

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