Vetrazzo to Polycor, Moves to GA
TATE, Ga. – There’s a new owner and a new home base for Vetrazzo.
Author: Administrator
Casting Out the First (Official) Stone
Somewhere in the hallowed halls of California’s Capitol in Sacramento today, the process started to officially throw out the official state rock – and, as it might turn out, not invite another mineral to take its place.
CCI Offers Concrete C’top Cert.
RALEIGH, N.C. – The Concrete Countertop Institute (CCI) initiated a concrete countertop certification program today for industry professionals.
Passings: Anthony “Tony” Brown, 74 (June 15)
Anthony “Tony” Brown, 74, of cancer in Greensboro, S.C. A member of the CMS North America team at its inception in 1987, Brown worked in the company’s Wood Division and, more recently, as area sales manager for its Stone Division in the southeastern United States. He retired from CMSNA in the spring of 2009.
2011 ICE Stays in Vegas
OREM, Utah – Next year’s edition of the International Countertop Expo (ICE) will get a new time, a new place … and the same city.
The Orem-based International Surface Fabricators Association (ISFA) announced an agreement with the Rio Hotel and Convention Center in Las Vegas late last week to host the second annual ICE on Oct. 20-22, 2011.
Coverings 2010 Hits 23,000+
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Going south led to anything but bad news for Coverings 2010, as attendance took a solid step up from last year’s event.
BSI Bybee Honoree: Laurie Olin
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Laurie D. Olin, RLA, FASLA, is the recipient of the 2010 James Daniel Bybee Prize from the Building Stone Institute (BSI).
Specialty Gets H.B. Fuller Name
AURORA, Ill. – Specialty Construction Brands (SCB) Inc. is now H.B. Fuller Construction Products Inc.
Becker’s Blog #7: Men at Work
Editor’s note: Joe Becker continues his as-it-happens report on the St. Joseph Cathedral restoration in Sioux Falls, S.D.
As promised last month, this blog will be filled with pictures and installation shop talk. Our first container of stone arrived April 20, so I went to the jobsite with my camera for some in-progress photos.
Add It Your Way
Suppose you had a desk full of charts and spreadsheets, and – out of all those numbers – you could write two fact-filled articles with the following headline choices:
U.S. Stone Imports Continue at Lackluster Rate; or
U.S. Stone Industry Gears Up as Imports Gain.