According to a December 13 press realease, Caesarstone Ltd., a developer and manufacturer of high-quality engineered surfaces, provided an update on the closure of its manufacturing facility in Richmond Hill, Ga. and an update on the Australian market. Consistent with the Company’s restructuring plan initiated in mid-2023, the Company announced … Read more
By CountertopResource.com Editor’s Note: Last year, Rupesh Shah, co-CEO of MSI Surfaces, spoke with CountertopResource.com offering insights on the quartz surfacing market, trends and the establishment of a new U.S. manufacturing facility. Shah was kind enough to update us on what he’s seeing today in relation to these topics, as … Read more
Cosentino Group, the Spain-based global producer and distributor of innovative and sustainable surfaces for the world of architecture and design – including premium hybrid mineral surface Silestone® and ultra-compact Dekton® – has announced plans to expand its manufacturing to North America. This would mark Cosentino’s first manufacturing facility beyond its … Read more
Economist Chris Kuehl will offer a keynote presentation at the 2021 AWFS Fair on Thursday, July 22 at 8:00 a.m. The session will begin with a welcome from AWFS Board leadership, followed by an economic update from Kuehl focusing on manufacturing and the construction and housing markets. An additional session … Read more
MSI has announced the establishment of a joint venture with Spectrum Quartz to create a quartz slab manufacturing production facility in the United States. In May of this year, Spectrum Quartz (part of Hirsch Glass Corporation) announced plans to build a quartz manufacturing plant on a 42-acre site in Latta, … Read more
LE Surfaces announced that it has formed LE Mexico which will further expand the footprint of LE Surfaces worldwide. LE Mexico will be another quartz manufacturing facility that will specialize in basic monochromatic colors and non-directional veined colors. LE Mexico will locate the plant within close proximity to a key … Read more
Dekton by Cosentino and other compact surfaces are becoming more popular since they hit the market and the category is predicted to continue to grow. While there is a learning curve to fabricating the material, it is growing in demand. But, just how is this product made? This video produced … Read more
In a new video released by Caesarstone various leaders of the company talk about the opening of its first U.S.-based quartz surfacing manufacturing facility just outside of Savannah, Ga. It also gives a basic inside look at the workings of the plant. The facility has been in the works for … Read more
There is little doubt that we have all seen hundreds, if not thousands of cultured marble vanities in numerous settings. But, just how is this common and inexpensive product made? Well, this video, apparently an episode of “How It’s Made” from the Discovery Channel, is offered by ‘worldnews33‘ and shows … Read more
We looked long and hard to try to find a video that shows how solid surface is made, however it seems the industry is relatively tight-lipped about the process. Other than a few Chinese videos with no narrative showing minor aspects of manufacturing, there is very little out there. However, … Read more