Discovering Stone

The Silestone Loft series from Cosentino is a range of concrete-inspired surfaces that offer a striking take on the industrial look. It debuts in Australia with Brooklyn and Silver Lake, which have a tactile dimension. The innovation behind this range is its raw texture. Replicating the look and feel of [...]

Stone, tile and flooring professionals make the trek to The International Surface Event 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada (USA). The annual gathering of surface industry professionals happened once again in Las Vegas at The International Surface Event (TISE) or known as Surfaces, a trade show co-located with StonExpo/Marmomac and TileExpo. [...]

Every year, CDK Stone showcases an extensive range of machinery, tools and equipment at its Open House events. Safety and the inclusion of technology into stone fabrication were the main topics discussed at CDK Stone’s recent annual event that was held at its Melbourne head office recently. “Safety is a [...]

International correspondent, Joe Simpson reports on the largest natural stone exhibition in the world and why it deserves its impeccable reputation. Marmomac 2018, the 53rd iteration of the international stone exhibition in Verona, Italy, confirmed the event’s pivotal place at the heart of the global natural stone sector. This year, [...]

Planning is underway to have the winners presented with their awards at the DesignBuild event in 2019. The last round of entries will appear in the first edition of Discover Stone magazine next year, and the judging will take place around that time. The awards are an initiative to celebrate [...]

The Discovering Stone team hit the ground running at TISE 2018. It was impressed with the energy and positive sentiments at the show. Sweeping into Las Vegas at night in an airplane, one thing seems certain: energy conservation and light pollution are not two of the most important issues for [...]

Established in 1991, CMP Stonemason Supplies believes keeping abreast of the ongoing changes in the industry is critical to remaining a viable supplier. To keep up with this rapid pace of change that has seen the evolution from traditional granite or marble benchtops to the emergence of engineered stone, to [...]

Technology editor Phil Ashley recently visited Intermac in Pesaro, Italy to take a look at how its quality machines are built. Back in 1987, Intermac was set up as a branch of the wood working machine company of Biesse. Initially producing only glass processing machinery for seven years, Intermac ventured [...]

The 2017 Marmo+Mac show impresses with its scale and global reach, according to international correspondent, Joe Simpson. One of the great attractions of Marmo+Mac as an exhibition is that it really is a mix of different events under one roof. Firstly, it is a hard-nosed commercial stone marketplace. In the [...]

International correspondent, Joe Simpson sees first-hand the latest offerings from Donatoni Macchine at Marmo+Mac 2017. In July 2017, Italian stone machinery company Donatoni Macchine (Donatoni) took another leap forward towards becoming a complete solutions provider for stone processing equipment when it acquired Montresor, the Villafranca di Verona-based leader in the [...]