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Letters: Concrete Countertops

It is refreshing to see concrete countertops featured in a trade magazine (“Alternative surfaces: the green option”, April 2009 Stone Business) aimed at the stone professional. As a long-time advocate for and an educator and researcher in concrete countertops, I commend you for raising the awareness of this versatile material. For too long concrete has “flown under-the-radar”, and its current rise in popularity is timed well, because there have been very recent advances in material and sealing technology that make it an attractive countertop material.

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AIM, Biesse B’kruptcy Tiff Goes On

WILKESBORO, N.C. – The bankruptcy fight between Advanced Industrial Machinery (AIM) Inc. and Biesse America Inc. – plus a few more players – will have to wait until next month for its day in court.

Company Press

Company Notes – June 2008

• Charlotte, N.C.-based ProSpec acquired the La Mirada, Calif., construction-materials manufacturing plant of Headwaters Inc. of South Jourdan, Utah, this spring. The facility will produce tile and stone grouts, thin-set mortars and surface-prep materials...

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MIA Gains Charter Sponsors

CLEVELAND – Six industry vendors are now the charter sponsors for the stone-industry accreditation program from the Marble Institute of America.

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AIM, Biesse in Bankruptcy Tiff

WILKESBORO, N.C. – A dispute over commissions between Advanced Industrial Machinery (AIM) Inc. and Biesse America Inc. will get a legal hearing here on June 5 in an unusual setting: a bankruptcy court.