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SESA chooses TISE/StonExpo as the main event for fabrication machinery & tooling. Also, a furniture importer apparently runs afoul of Chinese quartz-surface tariff enforcement; and ASI sells its engineered-stone division, including a new Breton®-equipped factory in India

Miami-based Mosaic Companies acquires distributors Walker Zanger and Opustone; Select Interiors Concepts sells off Residential Design Services; Park Industries Offers July 28 Market Trends Seminar.

Tile from Turkey avoids a 25% additional tariff, for now; Triton Stone Group picks up Stoneway Supply LLC; and April hard-surface imports could be sending a signal on the supply pipeline.

Australia will spend $4.6 million USD on research and treatment of silicosis caused by engineered-stone fabrication; U.S. customs officials investigate Chinese-quartz tariff evasion with glass-based slabs; the Natural Stone Institute takes on the ANSI stone sustainability standard; and more.

Stone-machinery and -tooling vendors form new trade group; U.S. imports of hard surfaces are at the highest level since August 2018; Cambria halts sales of Brittanicca™ copy; and much, much more.