SFA Draws Crowd at Morris Workshop
MORRIS, Ill. – The Stone Fabricators Alliance (SFA) finished up its third straight year of continuing education workshops on Sept. 3-5 with a workshop was hosted by Dan Riccolo of Morris Granite Co.
More than 80 people in attendance from the United States and Canada took in the workshop seminars, including roundtable discussions on topics such as importing containers, marketing and sales presentations, commercial contracts, CNC production and growing in a down economy.
The workshop also included hands-on fabrication tips and tricks.
SFA sponsors also contributed by offering hands-on work with new tooling, adhesives and products either currently being sold or coming soon to the marketplace; fabricators took them a test drive and gave real-time feedback.
Sponsors included Braxton Bragg, Breton, Cosentino, Diamant Boart, Direct Tech Tooling, Glaston Bavelloni, GMM/Salem Dist, Granite City Tool, Gran Quartz, Integra Adhesives, IPT Sink Co., Laser Products, Northwood, Prodim (Proliner) and SuperAbrasive.
The Stone Fabricators Alliance is an organization of stone fabricators working to build industry standards thru education and implementation. The group offers 24/7 access at www.stoneadvice.com; it’ll also handle all Stone Live! demonstrations at StonExpo/Marmomacc Americas, and have one-on-one learning at SFA Booth #1717.