Matrix Stone Products Closes

   A brief email from Dennis Peterson, one of the company’s founders, went out to industry contacts today announcing the closure:
   “Due to the current national economic climate, MATRIX STONE PRODUCTS regretfully must cease all manufacturing and support operations.” 
   Co-founders Peterson and Joseph Harari began manufacturing equipment in a garage, according to the company’s Website, and grew it into one of the few companies manufacturing major stone-fabrication equipment in the United States. Among the company’s better-known products are the Sebring© bridge saw and the Daytona© XL edger.
   In the past year, it also introduced the Supra programmable bridge saw.
  Within the past few weeks, however, the company had adopted a lower profile. Once a staple at stone-industry trade shows, Matrix didn’t appear at last month’s StonExpo/Marmomacc Americas event in Las Vegas.
   Machine Techs  in Orange, Calif., is now being formed by Brian Peterson, a former Matrix employee, to provide independent service and parts for Matrix equipment. He can be contacted at 714-904-2534.