ITSS 2004

   The ITSS returns to its successful venue of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on Las Vegas Boulevard – the famed “Strip” – with another show geared to the stone industry.
   The independent event, not affiliated with a trade association or supplier, completes its coast-to-coast run after a mid-July show at New York’s Jacob Javits Convention Center. It’s the third year in a row that the ITSS has opened its doors for a Las Vegas expo.
   ITSS organizers plan to target fabricators, importers/distributors and others involved with day-to-day work in stone, as well as architects, general/installation contractors, engineers, interior designers and kitchen/bath firms.
   The ITSS Las Vegas show is also the first event to receive the support of the North American Stone Machine Association (NASMA), a non-profit organization of capital-equipment companies that was formed to advance a number of agendas from shipping, safety procedures and standards to selecting trade shows for support and exhibition in the United States. The founding members of NASMA are AGM, Bergman-Blair Machine Corp., Breton S.p.A., CMS North America/Brembana, Marmo Meccanica, Salem Stone, Stone Boss/International Machine Corp., Euro Stone Machine – a division of Pyramid Supply and Z. Bavelloni.
   ITSS hours at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center (adjacent to the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino) are 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. on all three days (Thursday-Saturday). Admission is free to members of the stone and tile industry; registration is either on-site, or in advance through the event’s.
   The following is a list of companies that, as of mid-August 2004, requested exhibition contracts and were in the process of arranging participation in ITSS 2004 Las Vegas:

A

Abirochas
Abirochas Meeting Room (Abirochas Pavilion)
ADC Dommel US, Inc
AGM
Akanksha Overseas
Align International Inc
Allanté International
Alpha Professional Tools
Alta Industries
Altivo Pedras Ltda
American Equipment Finance
American Synthetic Co.
Aminex  (Abirochas Pavilion)
Anfacer Pavilion
Antolini Luigi
Applied Diamond Tools
Artrix Inc.
Art-Tile-Pro
Aurora Marble
Austin Tiler Tools
AVIRECO USA

B

Banks (Abirochas Pavilion)
Bay-mer
Be ever Young
Bergman-Blair Machine Corp.
Best Cheer (Xiamen) Stone Works Co.  Ltd.
Best Cheermar USA Inc.
Bhasin International
Big Pacific
BLS Enterprises
BMG (Abirochas Pavilion)
Boeing Enterprises Co.
Bombieri
Bonanza Trade and Supply
Booth International
Bracon (Abirochas Pavilion)
Brasil Stone
Breton S.p.A.
Buschinelli
BVH Gregg Inc.

C

Caesarstone
Calypso Waterjet Systems Inc.
Cam Tech
CCI Industrial Corp.
CEE-Jay Tool Co.
Cemar Electro Inc.
Ceramic Tile Institute of America
CGE
Champion Cutting Tools Corp.
Chemical-Concepts
CMS North America/Brembana
Cold Spring Granite Co.
Color Rite
Compass Supply
Consorzio Promex – International Italmarmi
Cornerstone Ceramic Inc.
Cornerstone Marble & Granite
Coto's Stone
Cross Industries
CST Corp.
C-TECH-I
Custom Flooring Insets

D

D Cut Products
Dalton Flooring Liquidators
Davil Travertini srl
Dawa Stone Co. Ltd.
Derusha Supply Inc.
Diamond Professionals
Diamond Tool Direct
Direct Marble & Granite LLC
Discreet Surveillance Technologies
Display I.D.E.A.S.
Double Bay Co. Inc dba Carmel Stone Imports
Duryea Tile

E

Edgemarc
Etemplate Systems
Euro Marmol U.S.A.
EuroStone Machine – a division of Pyramid Supply
Eurostone
Executive Stone Trading
Exotic Tile & Stone

F

Fabricators Choice
Fair Planner Magazine
Famerýt San.Ve.Týc.Ltd.Stý
FCC Group International (USA)
Feature Tile
Fire And Ice Casting
Flow International Corp.
Formigres
Fratelli Poggi
Free True Marble Limited
Furrer S.p.a.

G

G.S.Marbles
Garden Grace
Gemini Saw Co.
General Chemical Engineering
Genotek
Giazzi Antique Stone
Glaze-n-Seal
Global House Trading
Global Pneumatics
Gramil
Granibrás (Abirochas Pavilion)
Graninter USA
Granite City Tool Co.
Granite Imports LLC.
Graniti Menegolli Luigi S.r.l.
Groves Inc.
Guangdong New Zhong Yuan Ceramics Co., Ltd.
Guangzhou Hualifeng Decoration Engineering Co. Ltd.

H

Hard Rock Tool
Harris & Anton
High Tech Stone
Homeowners Marketing Services
Humidifall, LLC

I

Ideal (Abirochas Pavilion)
IGE Solutions
IGM of Italy
IMER USA
ImExWare
Incefra
INcounters
Intarsia
International Baths
International Italmarmi
International Silhouttes
Intertool
Ital Tech
Italdiamant USA
Italy Pavilion

J

Jeffery Scott Fine Magnetics
JiangHua International USA
Jobsite Magazine
Johnson Marble Machinery
Jolly S.r.L.
JR International Group
Jundao Co. Ltd.

K

KB Diamond
Keystone Tools

L

Lamb Productions
Laser Products Industries
Leasing Advantages
Luria Communications

M

M.F.S. Bateig
Magellan Capital Group
Magna Rosetta Ceramica
Marble Kings Inc.
Marm Onyx
Marmo Meccanica
MBI
McCausey Lumber Co.
Medas A.S.
MGS
Midwest Padding
Mimitza Petric y Cia Ltda.
Miracle Sealants & Abrasives Co.
Mix Right Inc.
Moraware
Moredo
MVC-Marmores de Alcobaca, Lda
Mystic Granite & Marble

N

Nanjing Xia Hua Marble & Granite Co.
Nardini
Nativa & Sun Stone
Natural-stone.com
Nexstar
Northwood Stonework Division

O

OMAX Corp.
Omicron Supplies Inc.
One Source Capital
Oreck Vacuum
Original Mission Tile & Stone

P

Panel Processing
Park Industries
Pellegrini Meccanica S.p.A.
PIEDRA
Pietra Santa (Abirochas Pavilion)
Pinnacle Manufcaturing
Porfidi International
Pragma S.r.l.
Primax Diamond Tool
Progressive Concepts Group LLC

Q

Qadman Design Inc
Quail Leasing Corp.
Quality Diamond Tools
Quintermax Int'l Ltd.

R

Raffi Glass
Regent Products
Regio
Rio Stones (Abirochas Pavilion)
Rodman & Co.
Royal Granite

S

Safestone
Salem Stone
Samet Dis Ticaret Ltd.
Samyak Marble
Sankalp Siddhant Inc.
SASE Co.
SGS US Testing Co.
Sierra Tool & Abrasive
SJ Hope Products
Slabusa.com
Slip Grip Tile Safety
SM Diamond Tools
South West Material
SPSTONE (Abirochas Pavilion)
StainEraser
Stearns Bank
Stileitaliano
Stone & Glass Technologies
Stone Business
Stone Care International
Stone Center Corp.
Stone Industry News
Stone World
StoneInfo.com
Stonetek Consultants Corp.
Subasioglu Marble
Suma Stone (Beijing) Limited Co.
Sun Stone Inc.
Sunflower Granite and Marble Corp.
Super Stone Inc.
Superior Stone Products
Supply Express

T

Taiwan Marble Association
TEI-TS-Stone & Tile Laboratory
Terraviva Srl
TGM
The Cutting Edge of Diamond
The London Stone Show
The Noble Co.
Tile Eze
Top Focus
Top Stone
Tradex Marble & Foreign Trade Ltd.
Travertine Co. Ltd. (Travco)
Travertine Imports
Trelawny
Turmar

U

U.S. Granite Machinery
United States Marble Development Co. Inc.

V

Value Diamond Tool
Vapor Lux
Venitian Floors
Verona Marble Co.
VIC International Corp.
VYTEK

W

Water Treatment Technologies LLC
Wei Lee Industries Inc.
World Natural Stone
Worldwide Granites Inc.
Worldwide Stone Corp.

Y

Yong Ye Stone

Z

Z. Bavelloni
Zhonghe Decoration Building Material Co. Ltd.
Zimair Displays
ZipWall

This article first appeared in the September 2004 print edition of Stone Business. ©2004 Western Business Media Inc.