DuPont Expanding ZodiacĀ® Output
THETFORD MINES, Quebec – DuPont will make a multi-million dollar investment in its Canadian-based Zodiac® quartz-surfaces manufacturing process.
Author: Emerson Schwartzkopf
News Briefs – 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 operation with more than 1,200 marble and granite slab by year’s end.
Biesse Reports Profitable 2007
PESARO, Italy – Last year showed double-digit growth in revenues and profits for Biesse S.p.A., the parent company of Biesse America, Biesse Canada, Intermac America and Intermac Canada – although the firm’s fourth-quarter 2007 figures looked a little less rosy.
AIM Opens Training Center
HICKORY, N.C. – Advanced Industrial Machinery, Inc. (AIM), a designer and manufacturer of CNC and custom machinery for the stone industry, recently opened its new training center here.
Carrara Show Now Biennial
MILAN, Italy – CarraraMarmotec will sport a new look – and a new schedule – beginning this year.
Routing Out the Rumors
By Donny Taylor
In today’s world of hyperfast information technology, it’s just as quick to pass on misinformation as it is to show the real merits of stone. I’ve found that, in recent years, one of the toughest parts of the stone business is correctly educating prospective clients prior to the sale.
Hanwa Sets North American Plant
LONDON, Ontario –Hanwha Living & Creative Corp. broke ground here last month for a manufacturing and distribution plant for its Hanwha Surfaces products, including HanStone™ quartz surfaces.
Stone-Cold Solutions
When I first began my career in countertops, installing in the cold weather was something to be tolerated, not mastered.
Hue Wish
A few years ago, we ran a cover in Stone Business of what could be one of the world’s most-extravagant residential bathrooms, namely because the client had one thing on his mind: Ferrari.
Morningstar Marble & Granite, Topsham, Me.
By K. Schipper
TOPSHAM, Maine – At one point in his life, Nick Whatley planned on being a dancer. Today, he’s still concerned about controlled movements and smooth, continuous flow – and countertops.