Caesarstone Ltd., is a publicly traded company that engages in the production and marketing of quartz, porcelain, mineral and advanced fusion surfaces used for kitchen countertops, vanity tops, flooring, wall cladding and general interior design. The company was founded in 1987 and is traded on the NASDAQ in New York. Headquarters are located in Kibbutz Sdot Yam in Israel. Production facilities are in Israel and India with third party manufactured product sourced from factories in the Far East. Its products are sold in approximately 50 countries around the world through a network of 6 subsidiaries and numerous distributors. The name Caesarstone comes from the company's location near Caesarea. Caesarstone is widely recognized as one of the first companies to commercialize engineered quartz surfaces globally, introducing the concept of quartz countertops to both residential and commercial design markets and helping define the premium surface category that later expanded worldwide. Wikipedia