By K. Schipper
How about a stone that looks nice and fabricates about the same as granite, except a little faster? You’d think a lot of shops would be pushing their clients firmly toward this wonderful product – limestone – but most are running in the other direction.
Vinci Stone Products Inc. is completing the renovation and restoration of the historic 25-acre Butler Quarry that the Marriotsville, Md., company acquired in 2005. Mined since the early 1800s, the quarry’s gneiss stone is...
Buechel Stone Corp. receives a $1 million loan from the state of Wisconsin to help finance a $5.8 million expansion of its building and landscaping stone plant in Chilton, Wis. The project includes the...
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan – This country’s top government leaders – President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz – made it a point here on June 24 to commit Pakistan to developing marble and granite reserves and provide economic stimulation to underdeveloped areas.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Eos, manufacturer of 3cm solid surface, is set to open four regional distribution centers this month in Los Angeles, California, Chattanooga, Tenn., Manchester, N.H. and a location in south central Ohio.
By K. Schipper
Stone always owed its mystique to its reputation as a luxury item – it’s something not everyone could afford.
By K. Schipper
Today’s natural-stone market looks a lot different than it did a decade – or even five years – ago. Fabricators rode increased mechanization and lower stone prices to greater profitability, even while competition grew.
By The Freedonia Group
Demand for residential kitchen and bath countertops is forecast to increase 1.7 percent annually to 509 million ft² in 2009.
Sun Valley, Calif.
By K. Schipper
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After falling below the public’s radar in the years following World War II, soapstone is making a comeback, fueled in part by the rise of do-it-yourself media.