MIA Elects Officers, Directors

Michael Twiss, CEO Columbia Stone and Natural Stone Designs, in Tualatin, Ore., was elected president of the Marble Institute of America (MIA). Jonathan Zanger of Walker Zanger in Perth Amboy, N.J., was selected as vice president; Tony Malisani of Malisani Inc. in Great Falls, Mont., as secretary; and Dan Rea … Read more

Staron Expands Distribution

Staron Surfaces, a division of Samsung, named Peirce-Phelps Inc. as the exclusive distributor of Staron Surfaces in Delaware, North and South Carolina, Maryland, and Virginia. Peirce-Phelps will represent both Staron and Tempest solid-surface product lines, including Staron brand accessories.

Cilio Technologies Offers Platform for Managing Orders

  The Cilio Partners Portal is a new cloud-based platform for managing installed sales orders. Most orders for installed products are still managed manually where an order is placed, then kicked out to the complex network of manufacturers, distributors, fabricators and installers with little ability to know where an order … Read more

Cosentino Holds Annual Conference

Cosentino Group gathered its top 100 customers in the United States and Canada inCancun, Mexico, for the company’s annual “Cosentino 100” conference. The annual conference was part of Cosentino Group’s consolidated effort to develop its expansion strategy for continued growth in the U.S. market. More than 200 people from 65 independent … Read more

Klingspor Offers New Catalog

Klingspor introduced a 2012 Woodworking Catalog that features the company’s full range of abrasive materials for wood products manufacturers – belts, specialty abrasives, discs, rolls, sheets and tools, in addition to reference information for all facets of woodworking. The full color catalog is available upon request.

Welcome to CountertopResource.com

Welcome to CountertopResource.com, your source for useful information related to countertops and countertop fabrication. In the coming months, you will see the information available on this site grow to offer you the most informational, in-depth resource for those interested in countertops and the countertop industry. While our main focus is … Read more

LG Hausys Appoints Kim President

LG Hausys America appointed Bongsoo Kim president of the company. Kim joined LG in 2007 when he was hired as vice president of the holding company LG Corp. Most recently, he served as vice president of LG Hausys Ltd. global business department, a position held since January 2011. Kim succeeds Simon … Read more