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. The center provides advanced training with...
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. The 200,000 ft² facility, at London’s Innovation...
CLEVELAND – The Marble Institute of America (MIA) will offer five webinars as part of its educational efforts this year. “This is a new venue for us,” said Jim Hieb, MIA’s director of special...
Thomas R. Peck Sr., 91, the co-founder of Custom® Building Products, on Jan. 3.
Brian Yager, 56, owner of Desert Stone & Saltillo LLC in Chandler, Ariz., of a heart attack on Nov. 27. Affectionally called “Stoner,” Yager generously shared his knowledge on stone care and restoration through...
OSLO, Norway – The new National Opera House here hasn’t hosted a production yet, but its marble façade is becoming a sour note. It’s not a case of substandard stone or improper installation. It’s...
American Stone Industries Inc. completed its sale to Industrial Realty Group LLC (IRG) by selling its Amherst stone quarry in Ohio for $6.6 million on Dec. 19, according to the Lorain, Ohio, Morning Journal....
HOLLIS, N.H. – It’s been a successful year for the National Stone Council (NSC), and there’s
plenty of optimism for efforts in 2008.
More than 35 companies contributed during the first full year of fundraising by
the NSC, a collaborative organization representing business and trade
associations promoting stone under the Genuine Stone™ brand.
BOWIE, Md. – The International Masonry Institute (IMI) gained a new home this fall – a large one.
The International Training Center, dedicated on Sept. 21, offers a 25-acre campus and state-of the-art facilities for skilled craft training in all the masonry trades, plus educational programs for building designers and contractors.
“We have made a significant commitment to invest in the future of the industry,” says John J. Flynn, IMI co-chair and International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC) president. “Instead of talking about a workforce crisis, we are taking action.”
LAS VEGAS – J. Vic Green, a veteran of more than five decades in the natural-stone industry, is the 2007 laureate of the Migliore Award for Lifetime Achievement by the Marble Institute of America (MIA).
Green, president and CEO of VIC International Corp. in Powell, Tenn., accepted the award at the annual MIA Awards Luncheon on Oct. 19 during StonExpo in Las Vegas.