Category: News In General
GILBERT, Ariz. – The AZ School of Rock, a new independent hands-on learning source for the natural-stone trade, is now accepting students for its first set of classes.
“We give our students opportunities to learn new techniques, gather information and improve their skills as professionals in our industry,” says owner Kevin M. Padden. “By being an independent training institution, we can focus totally on helping our students gain confidence in their abilities – without a high-pressure sales pitch aimed at making them buy tools and equipment that they may not need.”
A new federal indictment is anticipated for John Byors, a Williston, Vt., marble dealer facing charges of fraud concerning a quarry operation in Swanton, Vt. The Burlington Free Press reported in mid-October that federal...
The Marble Institute of America (MIA) filed a complaint last month with the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection against Home Safety Systems of Stillwater, Minn., citing gross misstatements in a print and...
CLEVELAND – The demand for residential kitchen and bathroom countertops will increase 1.3-percent annually to 540 million ft² in four years, according to a study from The Fredonia Group Inc. The Cleveland-based industry -research...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Intermac America and Advanced Industrial Machinery Inc. (AIM) recently signed a distribution agreement, making Intermac and its agents the exclusive dealer of AIM cutting machinery in the United States and Canada....
RALEIGH, N.C – ETemplate Systems enters into a partnership with Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) of Des Moines, Iowa, and Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, to provide its Photo Digital Measuring...
AMHERST, Ohio – American Stone Industries Inc. agreed on Sept. 7 to sell its assets to Industrial Realty Group LLC. The deal includes a purchase price of $22 million, plus the assumption of certain...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – More than 100 people from the United States and Canada gathered here on Sept. 12-15 for Northwood Machine Manufacturing Co.’s inaugural Annual Open House and Stone Fabrication Seminar. The core of...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Falfurrias Capital Partners, a Charlotte-based private-equity firm, bought Plan-It Granite & Marble Inc. of Sterling, Va., in a deal announced Aug. 24. Terms of the agreement weren’t disclosed. Plan-It, founded in...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The one thing city officials here don’t want to see happen – again – is marble taking a fall at City Hall. The Huntsville Times reported in late July that the...
