2026 Stone of the Year: Virginia Black
U.S.-quarried granite offers high technical performance and deep black aesthetics.
Category: Association Beat
NSI Offer Silica Progress Report
Document summarizes industry action since 2024 concerning workplace crystalline silica.
NSI, NSF Announces Leadership for 2026
Jeff Erickson is NSI board president; Jon Zanger heads up NSF as president and treasurer.
ISFA Launches Countertop Mfg. Council
New group to provide forum for countertop and surface-fabrication industry.
WFF Launches Quality Mark
U.K. group offers a way to identify fabricators handling high-silica materials safely.
ISFA Fills Two Positions on Executive Staff
Industry group moves longtime employee to COO, brings in operations/systems administrator.
ISFA, Artisan Group Form Alliance
Partnership seen as first of many for protecting fabricators and strengthening industry’s future.
ISFA Strategic Plan Approved
New vision to organize fabricators, develop national standards.
Ante Up for Natural Stone on Nov. 6
Second Annual Natural Stone Poker Tournament set to go live online this Thursday.
Brookes Attains NTCA Ring of Honor
Former NTCA president noted for work in and for the tile industry.
