The U.S. Cremation Rate Exceeds 50%. Now What?
CANA’s member-exclusive Annual Statistics Report Preview, just published in May, shows that 2016 was the year the U.S. cremation rate exceeded 50%. The profession has been anticipating this...
Cremation
VW Commercial Takes Ash Scattering to the Masses
Cremation isn't going anywhere. 2016 marked the first time the cremation rate surpassed that of burial. What we have also noticed is cremation isn't always about price, baby boomers...
UK Cremation Service Comes to Your Home, Ash Back Guarantee
Originally Posted on Funeral Booker Why Choose Home Cremation? With the average funeral cost now exceeding £3,437 * people are increasingly seeking alternative ways to say goodbye to...
Drones in Australia Are Now Providing a Cutting-Edge Memorialization Experience
The race is on to discover how we can improve our world using drone technology. They are quickly moving away from being the #1 Christmas gift for your...
Capsule Urn Featured in New Film “The Book of Love”
Vancouver, WA USA – 13 Jan 2017 THE BOOK OF LOVE - (originally titled The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea) is an American film directed and rewritten...
The Ash Glaze is Gaining Mainstream Traction… and We Should Have Seen This Coming.
Just before the holidays, Justin Crowe, Founder of Chronicle Cremation Designs, stopped by Connecting Directors headquarters and we had a chance to interview him about his new memorial...
Crematory Operators And Silica
On March 25, OSHA published its final Silica Standard with an effective date of June 23, 2016. General industry businesses, such as crematories, have until June 23, 2018...