Xiamen Stone Fair Tops 100,000
XIAMEN, China – The 10th annual Xiamen Stone Fair not only broke its own attendance record this March – it broke the six-figure ceiling for any international stone event.
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IceStone®: Cool Pix, Chilly Prize
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – The best-looking commercial installation of IceStone® by the end of next month could parlay into a bracing – as in arctic – trip this summer.
ASTM Int’l Masonry Session Set
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. – ASTM will hold a international masonry symposium on June 8 at the Renaissance St. Louis Grand and Suites Hotel in St. Louis.
MIA Seminar on 4/15: Chicago
CLEVELAND – The Marble Institute of America (MIA) takes its 2010 seminar tour to the Midwest next month, with a one-day business-education session in the Chicago area next month.
Eden, Valders Get Quarry Safety Awards (March 29)
EDEN, Wis. – Eden Stone Co. and its Valders Stone & Marble Inc. division recently received seven honors for safety at company quarries.
World of Blurt
For some people, social means the event of the year. For others, it’s shorthand for everyone’s favorite U.S. ID number.
Now, it’s part of the online world. Social media is beyond the buzzword stage and moving into general business strategy.
And, that’s OK for media behemoths like the New York Times and Coca-Cola. But, does it fit for us in the stone trade?
Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park
By K. Schipper
MIDDLEBROOK, Mo. – More than a billion gallons of water rushing – unexpectedly – through a state park early one winter morning is nothing short of a disaster.
And, yet, after the dam of a hydroelectric-plant reservoir broke in December 2005 and sent its load through one of Missouri’s most-popular state parks, thoughts and actions quickly turned to renewal.
Fabricator Focus: Block Tops Inc., Anaheim, Calif.
By K. Schipper
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Block Tops Inc. may have a strange name, but it’s also probably one of the best-kept secrets in Southern (and now Northern) California when it comes to countertops.
The Installer: Best Practices for Installation, Pt. I
Training new employees in all aspects of stone-countertop installation, or creating a continuing-education program for existing employees, might seem a bit daunting … and alien. Most of the great installers I know learned one way: on the job.
Hard Lessons
by Tom McNall
I was having an espresso with one of my best stone customers the other day, and a few funny war stories came up. Funny to us, but not so funny to those involved.