A panel of judges criss-crossed the show floor to pick three products as “Best Of” from among the Top 10 nominees that had been voted on by the industry and attendees. Mohawk, Tyrolit and Iris U.S. won for SURFACES, StonExpo Marmomac, and TileExpo, respectively. The awards' official publication sponsors are Floor Trends, Contemporary Stone & Tile Design, Stone World, Floor Covering Installer, and TILE Magazine.
The Best Of Event Awards is an annual awards program for exhibiting companies whose product, program, service, business practice and/or booth design are considered to be “Best Of” in their class.
For Surfaces, Provenza took the award for Technology; Mannington for Style & Design; Wickham for Small Booth Design; Daltile for Large Booth Design; and Raskin for Innovation.
For StonExpo Marmomac, both Mohawk and Coldspring took home awards for Sustainability; CZN Tech won for Technology; VM Kaldorf captured the award for Style & Design; while Park Industries won for Large Booth Design; and No Lift Install took the prize for Innovation.
Best of Event award winners for TileExpo were DryTile, winning for Sustainability; SawMaster, capturing the prize for Technology; Mediterranea, taking the award for Style & Design; and Bostik, winning for Innovation.
The Best Of Event Awards winners for each show (SURFACES, StonExpo Marmomac, and TileExpo) are determined by a panel of judges appointed by the official publication sponsors: Floor Covering News, Stone World, and TILE Magazine. The winners in the event categories Best Booth, Innovation, Style & Design, Sustainability, and Technology were announced and awarded right on the show floor.