Alpha®: Name The System Contest (Oct. 21)
OAKLAND, N.J. — So what’s in a name? If you come up with the right moniker by Nov. 30 for a new polishing system for Alpha Professional Tools®, you’ll win one.
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Video: Swedish architect Thomas Sandell on stone (Oct. 20)
Thomas Sandell, a renowned Swedish architect, speaks on stone — including its sustainability — in an interview from Marmomacc 2010 in Verona, Italy. (Interview in English; subtitles in Italian.) (Video ©2010 www.studiovisuale.it) Get the...
Swenson, Rock of Ages Merge
BARRE, Vt. – Swenson Granite Co. will take control of Rock of Ages Corp. (ROAC) in a merger estimated at nearly $39 million.
Cosentino: ECO™ for NOLA
NEW ORLEANS – The Cosentino Group will partner with Make It Right, the sustainable-housing effort in rebuilding part of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, to provide ECO™ by Cosentino material for use in home construction.
New Int’l Stone Group Debuts
VERONA – A new multinational organization to promote natural stone made its first appearance here during Marmomacc 2010.
1st SFA Mega-W’kshop Launches
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. – It took several all-night sessions and plenty of volunteer effort, but the first Mega-Workshop from the Stone Fabricators Alliance opened to an eager crowd here on Oct. 7-9.
Cosentino: 1st N. American Center
ANAHEIM, Calif. – A crowd of more than 280 architects, designers, fabricators and industry leaders turned out Sept. 15 for the opening here of the first Cosentino Center in North America.
Miles Gets Pellegrini, Burkhardt
BARRE, Vt. – Miles Supply Co. announced exclusive North American distribution partnerships earlier this month with two well-known European manufacturers: Pellegrini Meccanica SpA and Burkhardt GmbH.
Free Education:StonExpo 2011
It’s a Las Vegas tradition to offer something for free, but StoneExpo/Marmomacc Americas 2011 offers a premium perk: education.
Passings: Tim Lardner (Sept. 6)
Timothy “Tim” Lardner, 53, president of New Mexico Travertine, in Albuquerque, N.M., on Sept. 1 after a four-month battle with cancer.