Counter Clicks
Radon popped up again on the online radar this week, with a small-but-constant blip when Web surfers looked for granite-countertop topics.
Author: Administrator
Check-Off Funds for Stone?
HOLLIS, N.H. – The natural-stone industry may get the chance to fund its own research and promotion through a federally authorized “check-off” program.
Coverings 2009: The Stone List
CHICAGO – Coverings 2009 rolls into America’s Midwestern hub this month, taking the stage for what should be an interesting second act.
StatWatch:January 2009
Only three countries – besides one-shot wonders like Caribbean islands with a single-wire saw – managed to get a lift in U.S. dimensional-stone export figures for the first month of this year. China is one; anybody guessing the other two is peeking down the column.
Granite DIY, Ay-Yi-Yi….
From the day I saw a slab of Baltic Brown sitting at the entrance to the local Home Depot, I knew it would come to this: Granite countertops as a weekend project.
Three Things to Remember
By Tom McNall
A plumber once told me his three cardinal rules: “Crap rolls downhill, payday is on Friday, and don’t chew your fingernails.” (I think that last one has something to do with the first.)
Show to Grow
When economic times look bad – and, right now, it’s sliding into ugliness – travel isn’t the first thing on the list with your business … unless you’re planning to skip town with a bag full of loot and a one-way ticket to Obscurityville.
Chips for Free?
By Jason Nottestad A chip repair on a granite or engineered-stone countertop is one of the more-perplexing issues facing a fabricator, from both a customer-service and business perspective. While I’ve never found chip repair...
Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, La Crosse, Wis.
By K. Schipper
LA CROSSE, Wis. – People traveling south from this Mississippi River valley city may be surprised to see what appears to be a classic Italian church rising from the trees of a rolling hillside.
Company Notes – March 2008
• Universal Marble and Granite (UMG) opened a new 18,000 ft² facility this year in La Vista, Neb., after a year of planning and development. The Napierville, Ill.-based company plans to stock its UMG-Omaha...