Swenson, Rock of Ages Merge
BARRE, Vt. — Rock of Ages Corp. is now part of Swenson Granite Co. in a merger completed today.
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Jet Edge Debuts Shanghai Office (Jan. 19)
ST. MICHAEL, Minn. – Waterjet-system manufacturer Jet Edge Inc. opened a new sales, service and showroom office in Shanghai.
Proposed ASTM Standard on Prep for Stone Samples (Jan. 18)
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.. – A new ASTM International standard on dimension-stone preparation is now in development.
LATICRETE Debuts R&D Center in India (Jan. 17)
HYDERABAD, India – LATICRETE International Inc. opened a new global research and development center here last month.
Installer Program: 1K-Grad Goal
JACKSON, Miss. – More than 1,000 North American tile installers will be certified by the end of December if an industry-wide effort reaches its 2011 goals.
Cosentino 2010: $498M Sales
STAFFORD, Texas – The Cosentino Group sees last year as a big step up – in sales and expansion.
January 2011
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MATERIALS
QUARTZITES
Marmi Bruno Zanet, Volargne de Dolce, Italy, introduces Tortoise, a quartzite that’s ideal for large flooring with a luminous black background with green/silver traces. The company also introduces Wasabi, a quartzite with orange/golden tones on a grey/green background for a look of elegan chromium plating.
Contact: Marmi Bruno Zanet, +39-45-6861706
VIDEO: Block Cutting from Mario Marmi Testi (Jan. 12)
Here’s a quick video break in the day, featuring some diamond-wire cutting and a gang saw (with the massive flywheel) at work. They don’t cut it into slabs right out the ground (and I...
Biesse/Intermac Remains Open During Storm (Jan. 12)
The following email shows that the East Coast’s strong winter weather isn’t slowing down business for Biesse America and its Intermac stone-machinery division: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dear Biesse Customers, Even despite the weather in the Carolinas,...
Tender is the Noun?
Today’s downturn may be one of the best things that could happen to the stone trade.
— me, “Down is Good,” Stone Business March 2008.
I suppose, close to three years later, some of you would like to see me eat those words. No salt-and-pepper or gravy, either; just chew ’em up raw.