MIA Pinnacle Awards Competition Expands to Include "Kitchen of the Year" and "Bath of the Year"
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MIA Pinnacle Awards Competition Expands to Include
"Kitchen of the Year" and "Bath of the Year"
OBERLIN, OH, March 31 — The Marble Institute of America (MIA) has announced an expansion of the premier natural stone industry award program. The 2015 Pinnacle Awards competition will include two new categories: "Kitchen of the Year" and "Bath of the Year".
The new kitchen and bath categories will be in addition to the traditional categories for residential interior/exterior sponsored by GranQuartz, commercial interior and commercial exterior sponsored by Mapei, and renovation/restoration sponsored by Coldspring.
Jim Hieb, executive vice president of MIA said, "With the boom in the use of natural stone for residential kitchens and baths domestically and internationally, we felt that adding the two specialty categories would be a natural extension for the competition. With expansion into the most popular consumer stone categories, MIA hopes to significantly increase the number of kitchen and bath entries this year."
The winners of the "Kitchen of the Year" and "Bath of the Year" will be eligible to win the Grande Pinnacle Award, sponsored by Marmomacc, which carries with it a trip to Marmomacc, the world's largest stone show held each year in Verona, Italy.
The deadline for all categories in the Pinnacle Awards program is July 31, 2015. Details for entering can be found at www.marble-institute.com/programs/awards/pinnacle-awards. Questions can be directed to Helen Distelhorst: hdistelhorst@marble-institute.com.
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About the MIA:
The Marble Institute of America (MIA) has served as the authoritative source of information on standards of natural stone workmanship and practice and the application of natural stone products for 70 years. Membership in the association is worldwide and includes over 1,700 natural stone producers, exporters/importers, distributors/wholesalers, fabricators, finishers, installers, and industry suppliers in 55 countries committed to the highest standards of workmanship and ethics. MIA offers an industry accreditation program for fabricators and installers, markets a range of technical publications and consumer pamphlets on natural stone, sponsors business and technical meetings and seminars on industry-related topics, provides educational programming for architects and construction specification professionals, and conducts the annual Pinnacle Awards competitions recognizing outstanding natural stone projects worldwide. More information can be found on the association's website: www.marble-institute.com.
