Private Residence, Canmore, Alberta
By K. Schipper
CANMORE, Alberta – Most people build a new home to get something, well, new. But, what if you want a new home that looks old?
Author: Administrator
Dream a Little Dream
When I look back at the stone industry 15 years ago, it’s like viewing another industry altogether. And I still feel the same about 15 years hence.
Nickel and DIE–me–ing
By Tom McNall
A few years ago, I attended a seminar in Orlando put on by a marketing/sales guru about the future of selling for profit. His major suggestion: Advertise a lower price for your stone (he was focusing on fabricators) and then charge extra for every cut and profile.
October 2010
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MATERIALS
NEW QUARTZ COLORS
LG Hausys America Inc., Atlanta, introduces 15 new colors to its Viatera® quartz-surface line, including high-tech metallic finishes now popular in the contract-design sector. The materials, utilzing 93-percent quartz, are non-porous, with hygenic and stain-resistant qualities. The additions now bring the Viatera palette to 45 different offerings.
Contact: LG Hausys, 866-544-4622
Alpha®: Name The System Contest (Oct. 21)
OAKLAND, N.J. — So what’s in a name? If you come up with the right moniker by Nov. 30 for a new polishing system for Alpha Professional Tools®, you’ll win one.
Video: Swedish architect Thomas Sandell on stone (Oct. 20)
Thomas Sandell, a renowned Swedish architect, speaks on stone — including its sustainability — in an interview from Marmomacc 2010 in Verona, Italy. (Interview in English; subtitles in Italian.) (Video ©2010 www.studiovisuale.it) Get the...
Swenson, Rock of Ages Merge
BARRE, Vt. – Swenson Granite Co. will take control of Rock of Ages Corp. (ROAC) in a merger estimated at nearly $39 million.
Cosentino: ECO™ for NOLA
NEW ORLEANS – The Cosentino Group will partner with Make It Right, the sustainable-housing effort in rebuilding part of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, to provide ECO™ by Cosentino material for use in home construction.
New Int’l Stone Group Debuts
VERONA – A new multinational organization to promote natural stone made its first appearance here during Marmomacc 2010.
1st SFA Mega-W’kshop Launches
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. – It took several all-night sessions and plenty of volunteer effort, but the first Mega-Workshop from the Stone Fabricators Alliance opened to an eager crowd here on Oct. 7-9.