Company Notes – November 2007

• Flow International Corp. gained a place in Deloitte & Touche USA LLP’s Technology Fast 50 Program for Washington state. The program recognizes the performance of technology, media, telecommunications, and life-sciences companies; the Kent, Wash., abrasive-waterjet manufacturer, with 75-percent revenue growth from 2002-2006, ranked 42nd.
• Stone Interiors North America will join with Vic Green, president/CEO of VIC International Corp., by opening a Stone Interiors fabrication location in a shared facility with VIC International in Knoxville, Tenn. The facility is the fourth for Columbia, S.C.-based Stone Interiors; Kelly Milligan, currently VIC International operations vice president, will be responsible for day-to-day activities for Stone Interiors in Knoxville. The Stone Interiors facility will operate independently of VIC International.
• The Gallegos Corporation received a safety award from the American Society of Concrete Contractors for the third year in a row. The Vail, Colo., fabrication and masonry contractor’s OSHA-recordable injury rate was 3.03, compared to the national average of 6.0. This translates to 13 injuries per 856,104 hours worked for the 600 employees working across the Western United States.
• The St. Louis-based Interstate Family of Companies opens two new showrooms: The Gallery in Lenexa (Kansas City), Kan., and The Gallery Marble & Granite Annex in Overland (St. Louis), Mo. The Lexena facility includes a 10,500 ft² showroom and 45,000 ft² annex for slab display; the Overland annex features 115 different colors of granite and 25 colors of marble, travertine, onyx, limestone and slate.
• Sakrete® donated $11,000 to HomeAid, a national non-profit provider of housing for the homeless, in association with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The dry-cement company sponsored the “Sakrete Diamond Play of the Game” program, which offered $200 for each Dodgers home win during half of the major-league baseball season.
• Cambria launches its “Beautiful Design Giveaway,” a national contest offering $20,000 kitchen makeover. The winner receives an interior-design consultation from Cheryl Tiegs, spokesperson for the Eden Prairie, Minn.-based quartz-surface producer, along with a certified National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA) designer; the prize also includes Cambria countertops. The random drawing is Dec. 21.