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Working with new generation engineered stone in Australia
Georgia Gilmore2024-08-27T12:48:39+10:00CDK Stone, Supplier Magazine|
What are the Essential Tools and Equipment for the new material? The emergence of 0% Crystalline silica engineered stone in Australia has changed the stone fabrication industry. Working with this new material requires specific tools and equipment to ensure efficiency, precision, and safety. Q: Which machine blades perform [...]
Focus On – GMK Logistics
Georgia Gilmore2023-09-12T09:27:34+10:00Flooring Magazine, GMK|
Flooring Magazine recently sat down with Derek Lightfoot, CEO of GMK Logistics to discuss all thing business including a discussion about the expansion of the GMK footprint. GMK has over 60 years of experience in the logistics industry. What is the GMK story? G.M. Kane & Sons Pty Ltd was [...]
Slab Falls Take Lives
Georgia Gilmore2023-03-21T11:32:02+11:00Supplier Magazine|
Every year workers are injured and often killed in accidents involving stone slabs falling. In addition to the suffering of workers and their families, employers are often left with poor morale and reduced productivity from other employees in the company. These injuries are preventable. A storeman was crushed under 22 [...]
The important role building design plays for the vision impaired
Georgia Gilmore2023-01-12T14:46:22+11:00Classic Architectural Group, Flooring Magazine|
According to the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), there are 1.1 billion people globally living with vision loss, and a further 2 to 3 billion needing ongoing access to eye care services. In Australasia alone, there are an estimated 1.6 million people with vision loss and of [...]
Polysafe Quicklay – rewriting the rules on subfloor preparation
Georgia Gilmore2022-11-15T12:54:00+11:00Flooring Magazine, Polyflor|
As the market for looselay, easier installation flooring materials continues to gradually develop, the timing is now right for the launch of Polysafe Quicklay, Polyflor’s first looselay safety flooring collection. Specifically designed to be a practical choice for contractors and specifiers alike, the Quicklay installation method saves considerable time and [...]
Is a silicosis free stonework factory possible?
StephUC2022-11-08T13:36:07+11:00INNOVYNC, Pacific Stone, Supplier Magazine|
Pacific Stone proves the answer is yes. “There is a really bad stigma in the industry that if you work with stone you will get silicosis. If you work with a bad factory, then yes, you will die eventually, but if you work with a factory that has great practices, [...]