What is Silica?
Silica is a natural mineral found in stone, sand and quartz. It’s harmless in solid form, but when high-silica materials like quartz are cut, ground or polished, they release a fine respirable dust. Prolonged exposure to that dust during fabrication is what carries the health risk, which is why the industry is moving towards surfaces made without it.
The people behind every SURFACE matter.
How does Silica impact our workers and those involved?
Before a surface reaches your home, it is cut, shaped, polished and fitted by skilled hands. Yet for many fabricators, working with high-silica materials can mean exposure to harmful dust linked to silicosis and other serious lung diseases. These risks are now being identified in workers at younger ages than ever before. Stonemasons, fabricators and fitters are the backbone of our industry — reducing silica is one way we help protect their future.
The people behind every SURFACE matter.
How does Silica impact our workers and those involved?
Absolutely not. You still get everything you’d expect from a premium engineered surface: a non-porous finish, easy maintenance, and resistance to stains, scratches and heat, with no sealing required. The difference isn’t in the performance, it’s in the material. We’ve removed the silica, not the standards.
Our commitment
to change
A deliberate choice.
We chose the safer surface before we had to.
As the evidence grew, we moved our focus toward mineral surfaces made without crystalline silica, not because regulation forced it, but because it is the right way to treat the people who make, cut and fit our worktops. It reflects how we think design should work now: more considered, more responsible, and honest about what a material asks of the people who handle it.
Beautiful surfaces. Thoughtfully made.