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A military housing project required 500 showers. Avonite Surfaces produced custom sized ¼-in. sheets of 60- by 78-in. and 60- by 30-in. to provide a ready to install shower wall system. If standard size sheets of 30- by 98- by ¼-in. had been used, it would have create 24 sq. ft. of waste per shower. That would equate to 12,583 sq. ft. of waste. How much do you pay for ¼-in. solid surface? At an average of $6.50 sq. ft. that equals $81,789wasted that you would have to pay to haul off to a landfill. Take a minute to visit the company Web site and save a bundle.

The R.J. Marshall Company offers functional fillers for manufacturing solid surface products. The granite effect lines are recognized for a broad scope of colors and textures in both standard and custom selections, and are uniquely formulated to allow for maximum creativity and flexibility of design on the part of the manufacturer. Granite fillers are available for both solid surface casting (DGE/LXS) and spray granite applications (SGA/SGL). In addition to specialty fillers, the company offers many grades of Dense Fill (ATH), and for the fabricator, the company provides AdvantageBond solid surface adhesive and AdvantageSil silicone sealant.

CaesarStone now offers three new colors in a honed finish, which is a unique matte finish that reportedly looks and feels like untouched natural stone. The Honed collection already includes Champagne Limestone, Desert Limestone, Cr'egrave;me Limestone, Jerusalem Sand, Misty Carerra and Lagos Blue. Raven, Pebble and Rosemary were added to the collection.

Fujian Quanzhou Wanlong Stone Co. Ltd. is a specialized manufacturer and exporter of Light-weight and Ultra-thin natural Stone Panels. Natural marble and granite (3 to 7 mm) is bonded to light weight and flexible material. The line of panels includes marble backed with poly-aluminum, granite backed with fiberglass, stone backed with aluminum honeycomb, marble backed with ceramic and onyx/marble backed with glass.

Four new luxurious colors have been added to the Zodiaq Terra Collection, available from DuPont, Calm Springs, Warm Taupe, Moroccan Morning and Mossy Green. The new colors offer a palette of options and contain at least 50 percent pre-consumer recycled glass. The colors will be submitted for certification review by Scientific Certification Systems (SCS). The new color options are GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certified and have received the GREENGUARD for Children & Schools Certification.

Green Mountain Soapstone offers soapstone surfacing available in both Original and Ice Flower styles. The product's durable, dense surface is designed to possess all the beauty of granite or marble with none of the drawbacks. Soapstone is inert, meaning that acids and alkalis won't etch it as they will other stone surfaces. The product is also impervious to temperature changes. It is available in exceptionally long and wide slab sizes, and standard 30-in.-wide slabs. Seams can be made tight, smooth and inconspicuous. Sinks are available in three styles: Chicago Wright, Boston Williams and New England Double Bowl.

EOS Solid Surface has offered a "quartz" line in addition to its original solid surface line, which continues to blur the aesthetics between solid surface and stone. New spring colors will include organic shades with a matte finish. Concrete appearances in popular color lines (coffees, creams and other neutrals) will be consistent with new design trends. The company will also introduce a new large kitchen single bowl.

Hanwha Living & Creative Corporation (Hanwha L&C), has announced its new HanStone collection, Ruscello. The nfive-color collection joins the existing surface line. The new line gives the colors depth and clarity. Made from natural quartz, the product is bacteria-, stain- and heat-resistant products. It is non-porous and requires no sealing. The ease of maintenance and 10-year warranty provides assurance of product durability. The color palette includes Aspen, Basento, Liscia, Piave and Teslin.

Diamond Surfaces offers 1 ¼-in. solid surface sheets stocked 30- by 120- by 1 ¼-in. The company stocks 1 ¼-in. sheets in 22 colors with custom colors and sizes produced for as few as eight sheets. Up to 10 percent of a solid surface order will go towards freight in areas where distributors are not yet established. The product is suitable for fabricators that no longer want to perform gluing and support work and for customers who desire on-site fabrication. Being able to puzzle piece this material together has created many opportunities to eliminate complications and human error while maintaining the integrity of the completed project.

SpectraStone, made by Spectra Design Inc., combines the performance of solid surface with a new look. Instead of granules, SpectraStone particles are long, twisted shaped ribbons that bring depth, texture and richness to the solid surface sheets. Using a patent-pending process the particles are made under tightly controlled conditions. The particles are then incorporated into the solid surface sheets, which can be seamed and worked just like any other solid surface material.