First, it’s important to point out that crystalline silica is not only present in quartz slabs, but also, to varying degrees, in many other materials for the world of construction and architecture: ceramic slabs, granite slabs, sandstone slabs, and so on.

Superior informs entrepreneurs in the engineered-quartz slab sector and institutions responsible for protecting workers'health that a concrete solution to this serious problem already exists. Simply replace natural quartz with ASquartz®.

ASquartz® is the first industrial quartz free of crystalline silica, obtained through a special technological process of pyrolytic fusion of a mix of common minerals. Superior has developed and patented slabs produced from this innovative material.  This is to enable the production and distribution of 100% silica-free quartz slabs and, therefore, totally safe for operators, both during the manufacturing process of the slabs and during transformation into finished products.

ASquartz® slabs boast equal technical and aesthetic characteristics of natural quartz slabs, as well as the same ease of processing.

In addition, from the perspective of circular economy and waste valorization, the production process of this innovative material allows for the reuse of processing sludge and slurries left over from quartz-slab manufacturing processes.

For more than 15 years, Superior has been committed to making the stone-processing industry increasingly efficient, sustainable, and respectful of the environment and the people who populate our planet.