FollowUp: Friable Case in Vermont?
BURLINGTON, Vt. – A man who sold investors on a plan to reactivate a Vermont marble quarry – and ended up in federal custody on fraud charges – is now the subject of a...
Category: News In General
More MIA Accredited Companies
CLEVELAND – Three more companies are now Accredited Natural-Stone Fabricators, as noted by the Marble Institute of America (MIA). And, they’ll be joined by many more, judging from the amount of companies now in...
Letters: Undocumented Workers
Editor: Just read your editorial in Stone Business and have a few comments of my own, being an actual granite shop owner. As an owner that actually plays by the rules in an area...
Park Lists in Top 50 of U.S. Workplaces
ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Park Industries® is one of the 50 Best Small & Medium Companies to Work for in the United States, according to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). The stone-equipment...
Ferrari Heads Up New Biesse HQ
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The new U.S. corporate headquarters for Biesse is set to get on track with a Ferrari. Construction on the new building will begin next year with Giorgia Ferrari to facilitate the...
MIA Gives Initial Accreditation
CLEVELAND – NBC Solid Surfaces of Springfield, Vt., became the first Accredited Natural Stone Fabricator under the a program from the Marble Institute of America (MIA). “After two and a half years of planning...
Denver S.A. Boosts Factory Space
ACQUAVIVA, San Marino – Denver S.A. stepped up its fabrication-equipment manufacturing with the opening of a new 88,000 ft² facility here in early June. The company doubled its manufacturing capacity with the expansion, and...
Company Notes – August 2007
• Fabricator members of the Marble Institute of America received a survey in early June for the industry’s first-ever benchmark study. The effort, managed by Boulder, Colo.-based Profit Planning Group, will provide an analysis...
Letter: Stone Safety Ignorance
I have noticed that in your magazine, as well as others, that there appears to be no regard for safety equipment use. There are several photos of fabrication shops with workers operating equipment and...
Polycor Joins Rocamat
QUÉBEC CITY – Polycor Inc., the Quebec-based quarrier and producer of natural stone, merged with Rocamat S.A. of Comblanchien, France, on July 12. The transaction involved the contribution of all of Polycor’s issued shares...