Caposselas’ Exquisite Surfaces, Bridgeport, Conn.
By K. Schipper
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Jim and Lois Capossela know the secret to a successful business.
Category: Articles
You’re Selling What?
“So this guy walks into a fabrication shop, see, and says, ‘I want a countertop!’ So we ask him where it goes and what kind of stone and what edge and what kind of sink and … well, he couldn’t take it! He ends up going to (your favorite whipping boy here) and the next thing I hear, he’s swearing up and down that it’s crap! Ha! Serves him right!”
Restoration Professionals
By Tom McNall For many years, I’ve sensed a perception within the stone industry that restoration is a job for the janitorial industry. I’ve also seen many janitorial firms present themselves as stone professionals....
Digital Templating: Broadband’s Bonus
The benefits of digital templating for the homeowner are obvious. A good templater, using a system to its fullest, can involve a homeowner in the measuring process to such an extent that they’ll feel confident that both the countertop shape and measurements will be accurate.
Fresh Look fof StonExpo Website
There’s a new look to the StonExpo/Marmomacc Americas Website.
The redesigned site, which went live today, features a simplified look for easier navigation and access to services for attendees and exhibitors for the industry event, set for Oct. 21-24 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas.
Digital Templating: Picture It
Digital templating, in all its forms, has come a long way since its inception. I remember the days when we were all just amazed we could use something other than a tape measure or glued-together sticks to get precise measurements.
A Clean Start
By Emerson Schwartzkopf
In late 2003 – somewhere in those times where you hid the phone under a wastebasket to avoid new customers – I noticed that a fabricator in one of our articles talked about planning for the slowdown in the market. Should that stay in, I thought, and make the guy look dopey?
Power and Production
By Tom McNall
It’s been a long, long time since I ran a 110V stone-restoration machine. When I started out, that was all I could get; with the 220V machines, the prices were astronomical when first offered. Today, some are still priced upwards of a small SUV, but there are more-reasonable options available.
Idaho Granite Works, Naples, Idaho
By K. Schipper
NAPLES, Idaho – When life gave Oscar Anderson granite, he turned to making countertops … and landscape stone, and monuments, and slabs.
CNC Production Centers
In the classic half-empty, half-full debate, does a decline in CNC production-center offerings represent a retrenchment in the U.S. market, or a refinement of products?