CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. – The Innovative group of stone companies may move closer to resolving their Chapter 11 bankruptcy status and continue operations this month with a planned sale of most assets.
CLEVELAND – Global residential countertop installations will grow by 3.3 percent annually and top 3.6 billion ft² by 2013, according to a new study from The Freedonia Group Inc.
CLEVELAND – Brett S. Rugo is the new president of the Marble Institute of America (MIA).
WASHINGTON – Actions by some Chinese manufacturers of diamond blades are possibly circumventing U.S. “antidumping” customs duties, according to information filed late last year by legal counsel for U.S. saw-blade producers.
BANGALORE, India –Karnataka, the Indian state with more than half of the country’s granite resources, is finding itself bested by a neighbor, according to the Delhi-based Financial Express.
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. – Petrography – the detailed description of rock – now has a new standard for dimensional stone.
HOUSTON – The first 2010 educational event for the Marble Institute of America (MIA) – “Business Success for Fabricators – Don’t Let Revenue Slip Away!” – will take place here on March 11.
LIBERTY, N.C. – Salem Stone is the new reseller for Scandinvent AB for the United States.
Salem, the Winston-Salem, N.C.-based machinery and tooling distributor, will also handle Canadian sales in Ontario for Västerås, Sweden-based Scandinvent.
ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. – MARMO MECCANICA S.p.A. consolidated its North American operations recently to better serve its customers needs, with sales, service, parts and tooling now offered through a central location here.
It’s not too early to think about a U.S. stone-industry trade show this year – because they’ll soon be all done.
Owing to the delay of the next StonExpo/Marmomacc Americas until January 2011, the list of stone events for this year is down to three … and two of them will be over before Valentine’s Day.