NEWS BRIEFS iQ Power Tools appoints Jim Mackall as Vice President of Sales. http://bit. ly/2AUsT7m DuPont™ Zodiaq® is now part of the Corian® Design family of branded products, services and design solutions. While the popu- lar quartz product continues to be owned by DuPont, the product will be re-branded as Corian® Quartz as part of the new global design brand, Corian® Design, which was introduced earlier this year. http://bit.ly/2mwx1Gc Call for entries: 2018 Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition, now in its 25th year. The annual awards program recognizes the work of top North American architects and designers who create imagina- tive spaces with Italian ceramic and porcelain tile. The deadline for entries is February 15, 2018. http://bit.ly/2mmU6ub Daltile Selected for Morpholio Board’s Top Products 2018. The i n t e r i o r design app Morpholio Board has n a m e d D a l t i l e ’s Black River P e b b l e Mosaic as one of the Top Products for 2018. Daltile’s Black River Pebble Mosaic was included in Morpholio’s “Top Residential Products that Stand Up and Stand Out” for 2018. http://bit. ly/2Dr8IAN Designer selects Crossville Gauged Porcelain Tile Panels for vignette in Perlick Booth at KBIS. Interior designer Arianne Bellizaire speci- fied Crossville’s porcelain tile panels for the vignette in the Perlick booth because they are an innovative material that she could incorporate in a truly unique, customized way. http://bit.ly/2qXHZcz PRODUCT BRIEFS ––––––––––––– Headlines and a short synopsis of items are shown. Enter the link in your browser for details. MSI introduces new Q Premium Natural Quartz™ colors for coun- tertops: a new wave of on-trend col- 96 TileLetter | February 2018