People – December 2006
• Marmo Machinery USA appoints Keton Sompura as CNC specialist. He served as a CNC machinist for the Southfield, Mich., company for the past six years; previously, he worked with Key Plastics. Marmo...
Author: Emerson Schwartzkopf
Countertop Swing In China
CLEVELAND – Demand for residential kitchen and bath countertops in China will increase 7.3-percent annually to 92.2 million m(2) (992.4 million ft²), according to a new study – but the material picking up most of the slack is surprising.
Briefs – December 2006
• Hard Rock Tool opens a new branch in Sacramento, Calif., to serve Northern California and Nevada, along with other Northwest states. The 4,300 ft² Sacramento location is the Anaheim, Calif.-based tool distributor’s third in California and ninth overall. Dave Miller is the branch manager and Brian Kraft is the store manager at 2990 Sunrise Blvd. in Sacramento; the phone number is 209-810-4099.
Global Consolidates Ownership
ST. LOUIS – David Havens and Christian Condit obtained full ownership of Global Granite and Marble in early November.
Details of the transaction weren’t released.
Marblelife® Gets NTC
LAKE MONROE, Fla. – Marblelife Inc. acquired the assets of the National Training Center for Stone and Masonry Trades (NTC) in late October. Terms of the deal weren’t announced.
Pearlman Goes To Harbour
ST. LOUIS – Harbour Group acquired Pearlman Corp., the parent company of Pearl Abrasive Co. and Keystone Tools, in early November. Terms of the deal weren’t announced.
A Sink For Every Style, Pt. 1
By Jason Nottestad
In the past ten years, a continuing trend in the kitchen and bath industry is the introduction of a huge amount of new types and styles of products. The logic behind this is clear – if you offer consumers a lot of choices, they’re more-likely to find something they can’t live without and buy it.
The Non-Customer (November 2006)
By Tom McNall
Behold the non-customers: the individuals who believe they’re good clients, but – in reality – have no intention of paying you what you are worth.
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Indianapolis
By K. Schipper
Client: State of Indiana Department of Administration, Indianapolis
Architect: Schmidt Associates, Indianapolis
Masonry Contractor: Broady Campbell Inc., Indianapolis
Stone Supplier: Stone Clad Inc., Carmel, Ind.
Stone Fabricator: Evans Limestone, Bedford, Ind.
INDIANAPOLIS – When most people think of here, they think of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but any race broadcast invariably focuses early and often on another of the city’s icons: the Indiana Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument.
Pascucci Marble and Granite, Wixom, Mich.
By K. Schipper
WIXOM, Mich. – When Tony Pascucci came to the United States from Italy in 1959, he obviously came with certain expectations in mind, and he worked hard to make those dreams – including Pascucci Marble and Granite – a reality.