
Radio Stone Update
News and views for the hard-surfaces industry from the online leader covering granite, marble, quartz slabs, large-format porcelain and other stone fabrication in North America.
Episodes
110 episodes
New CEOs at Cosentino, Neolith
00:00 Brought to You By TAB Quartz00:22 Intro00:29 Cosentino Names New CEO02:12 A Word from TAB Quartz03:21 New Global CEO at Neolith Group04:37 Klint Olsen New N.A. GM at Surfaces Group05:34 Stone Plus Entrprises Expand...
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Season 5
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Episode 22
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12:21

Cosentino Revenues, Earnings Dip ; Marmomac Brazil Driving $18M Stone Sales
00:00 Brought to You By Quantra00:22 Intro00:31 Cosentino Financials 202403:23 Marmomac Brazil: $18 Million in Stone Sales05:06 A Word from Quantra06:19 Stone Panels Intl. Now Coldspring Division08:03 N.H. Granite Quarry...
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Season 5
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Episode 21
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12:57

Xiamen Stone Fair Draws 153K; Coverings Sets Stages for Knowledge
00:00 Brought to You By TAB Surfaces00:20 Intro00:30 Xiamen Stone Fair Draws 153,00003:00 A Word from TAB Surfaces04:09 Coverings 2025 Announces Program Roster08:13 Six Women Gain CIT Status10:03 Hardscape North America ...
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Season 5
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Episode 20
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15:02

KBIS Draws 43,000-plus; New 2025 Cosentino-Park Events
00:00 Brought to You By Quantra Quartz00:22 Intro00:32 KBIS Draws More Than 43,00002:10 A Word from Quantra03:22 Brazil Presents Recycled Quartzite05:14 Park Industries, Cosentino Set 2025 Seminars 06:52 2nd Floorin...
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Season 5
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Episode 19
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14:25

2024 U.S. Hard-Surface Imports Improve; Park Starts Fabricator Exchange™
00:00 Brought to You By TAB Quartz00:18 Intro00:28 U.S. Hard-Surface Imports Up in 202402:27 A Word from TAB Quartz03:37 Park Industries Initiates Fabricator Exchange™05:20 Buyers, Vendors Matched at Marmomac Brazil
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Season 5
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Episode 18
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13:45

TISE '25 Features 750 Global Brands; 400 attend C.Next Fab/Install
00:00 Brought to You By Quantra00:22 Intro00:33 TISE 2025 Includes 700 Global Brands02:06 A Word from Quantra03:19 400 Attend C.Next Installers/Fabricators Event04:53 Cosentino Matches Funds for L.A. Fire Relief 05:...
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Season 5
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Episode 17
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12:19

New CEO at Coldspring; Solid Year for Brazil Natural Stone Exports
00:00 Brought to You By TAB Quartz00:20 Intro00:30 O'Connor New CEO for Coldspring01:55 A Word from TAB Quartz03:04 UK Stonecarver Fined Over Silica Exposure04:41 USITC Reaffirms China Quartz-Surface Tariff 06:02 LA...
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Season 5
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Episode 16
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13:08

CA Silicosis Safety & Permit Bill Introduced; New Insights on Silicosis Exams
00:00 Brought to You By Quantra00:22 Intro00:33 New California Silicosis Bill Introduced02:02 A Word from Quantra03:30 California Fab Safety Rules Made Permanent04:48 Silicosis May Evade Early Diagnosis: Study 06:39...
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Season 5
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Episode 15
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14:28

The Year in Review: 2024
00:00 Brought to You By Quantra00:22 Intro01:34 Silicosis: The Gonzales-Reyes Lawsuit03:30 Silicosis: California Rules and Laws05:04 A Word from TAB Quartz06:16 Silicosis: May Evade Early Diagnosis 07:01 Silicosis: ...
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Season 5
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Episode 14
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25:41

Cosentino Tags €90 Million to Re-use Waste; New Shipping Cuts Brazil-U.S. Journey by Half
00:00 Brought to You By TAB Quartz00:19 Intro00:33 €90 Million Sustainability Project for Cosentino 02:21 A Word from TAB Quartz03:31 Polycor Modernizes Canada, U.S. Facilities05:04 Pokarna Adding Bretonstone Line06...
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Season 5
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Episode 13
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13:17

Changes Sought in CA Fabrication Rules; Coverings '25 Registration Opens Online
00:00 Brought to You By Quantra00:23 Intro00:33 Changes Sought in Calif. Fab Silica Rules 02:14 OSHA Seeks Fines in Ala. Slab Death03:59 A Word from TAB Quartz05:12 Online Registration Opens for Coverings 202507:25 ...
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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13:29

Global Cooperation on Sustainable Natural Stone; Color Marble Dropped from Silicosis Case
00:00 Brought to You By TAB Surfaces00:19 Intro00:29 Global efforts for Sustainable Natural Stone02:42 A Word from TAB Quartz03:51 Color Quartz Dropped from Silicosis Award05:39 Marble Systems Inc. Announces VA Expansion...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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16:43

Marmomac Draws More Than 58K; TISE 2025 Online Registration Opens
00:00 Brought to You By Quantra00:23 Intro00:33 Marmomac Draws 58,00002:02 Cersaie Brings in 90,000+03:25 A Word from Quantra04:37 Masters of Stone - All Women05:48 Coldspring's Hermans First Lundh Award Honoree
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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13:42

Silicosis Triggers OSHA $1 Million Fine; Sax New NTCA Deputy Director
00:00 Brought to You By Quantra00:23 Intro00:33 $1 Million OSHA Fine Tied to Silicosis03:18 Jeremy Sax New NTCA Deputy Director04:51 A Word from Quantra06:04 Washington State Imposes $300K-plus Sliica Fine07:18 Californi...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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16:53

$52 Million Damages in Silicosis Trial; Higher Shipping Prices Hit Caesarstone
00:00 Brought to You By ...00:21 Intro00:31 $52 Million Damages in Silicosis Trial03:08 Cosentino: Challenges beyond 2Q 202405:37 A Word from Quantra06:50 Exports Key for Cachoeiro Stone Show08:43 ISFA Annual Meet Set fo...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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16:43

Calif. Silicosis Legislation Dead; ISFA Fabricator Sessions in Aug., Sept.
00:00 Intro00:30 California Silicosis Bill Withdrawn02:29 José "Pepe" Cosentino Dies at 7803:29 A Word from Tab Quartz04:39 ISFA Fabricator Forums in August, September06:22 Park Digital Expo in Hawaii in October07:38 MSI...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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13:22

Cutting Edge Adds L.E. Smith; Transshipping Thai Quartz Surfaces
00:00 Intro00:34 Cutting Edge Countertops Adds L.E. Smith Co.02:39 Customs Investigates Thai Transship of China Quartz05:04 A Word from Quantra06:16 Italy Stone Sector Posts Trade Surplus07:33 TISE 2025 Presentation Deadline...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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11:10

Neolith Introducing Silica-Free "New Look;" One Plus Invests in Grupo Siti
00:19 Intro00:30 The Size Presents 2nd Half 2024 Strategic Plans02:59 Grupo Siti Gets Private-Equity Investment05:12 A Word from TAB Quartz06:20 U.S. Hard-Surfaces Import Trends from January-April09:47 Sims-Lohman Adds Legac...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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14:31

India Tariffs: Try Again with Quartz Surface, "Material Harm" with Tile
00:00 Intro00:33 India Quartz Tariff Sent Back to Commerce Dept.02:26 Ceramic Tile Tariffs on India Move Ahead04:05 A Word from Quantra05:18 Jan-April Brazil Natural Stone Exports Hit 10-Year High06:49 Creative, Technical Me...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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15:28

Caesarstone Losses Continue; Marmomac Visits Chicago; 1Q U.S. Hard-Surface Imports
00:19 Intro00:30 Caesarstone First Quarter 2024 Results03:57 Marmomac Trade Mission in Chicago05:28 A Word from TAB Quartz06:37 U.S. Hard-Surface Imports in 1Q 202409:36 Summer 2024 Digital Seminars from BACA Systemss10:...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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15:55

Ceramic-Tile Use Down in U.S.; Park Goes East for June Stoneworking Expo; more.
Ceramic-tile use declined in the United States in 2023; Park Industries Heads East for June Digital Stoneworking Expo®; and Natural Stone Institute CEO Jim Hieb offers a reminder on shop safety. 00:22 Intro00:33 Ceramic Tile Us...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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14:47

U.S. Tile Producers Seek Unfair-Trade Tariff Against India; Lambert is 2024 Tile Person
U.S. tile producers want unfair-trade tariffs on imports of ceramic tile from India; Elizabeth Lambert is NTCA's Tile Person of the Year; Coverings Honors Tenth Anniversary Rock Stars.00:18 Intro00:28 U.S. Tile Producers Seek Unfair...
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Season 4
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Episode 21
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12:39

Cosentino Hits $1.7 Billion in Annual Revenue; Australia Refines Engineered-Stone Ban; more.
Cosentino Group tops $1.7 billion in worldwide revenue for 2023; Australia refines engineered-stone ban; Coverings 2024 prepares for Earth Day.This edition of Radio Stone Update is brought to you by Quantra.0:23 Intro00:33 C...
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Season 4
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Episode 20
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15:09

New Quarrier Award from NSI; Report from Xiamen Stone Fair; more.
The Natural Stone Institute announces a new annual award for quarriers; Technistone nixes materials for dry fabricators in the U.K.; and Stone Update Editor Emerson Schwartzkopf reports on the Xiamen Stone Fair in China this month.
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Season 4
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Episode 19
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14:54
