New Website, Newsletter Covers Stone Trade
Stone Update offers news, features on the industry from former Stone Business editor.
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Improved Website from GranQuartz (Sept. 21)
TUCKER, Ga. – A digital version of the full GranQuartz stone catalog is among the new enhancements rolled out on the company’s website this week.
National Stone Remnant Sale to Benefit Homes for Vets (Sept. 20)
AUSTIN, Texas – A nationwide sale of stone remnants next month will help provide homes for special-needs veterans. More than 15 members of the Artisan Group fabricator network will hold a National Yard Sale...
September 2011
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MATERIALS
GRAY GRANITE
Champlain Stone Ltd., Warrensburg, N.Y., adds Wood Creek Granite® to its line of company-quarried natural stone. The gray-blue to dark-gray granite offer patterns of white swirls and striations with occasional quartz and mica inclusions, and is quarried in Clemmons, N.Y., which (for LEED® purposes) is within 500 miles of major U.S. cities such as New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Wood Creek is available in rubble or sawn forms; its properties allows for fabrication into architectural components such as paving, sills and tiles.
Contact: Champlain Stone Ltd., 518-623-2902.
JobSight: Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis.
To meet modern demands for sustainable materials, a Midwestern university turns to its campus mainstay since the mid-1800s: natural stone.
Alpha Professsional Tools®: Lights Out This Weekend (Sept. 14)
OAKLAND, N.J. — At Alpha Professonal Tools®, the new roof goes on this weekend … and the lights will go out. Beginning at 2 p.m. EDT on Friday (Sept. 16), the lines will go...
StatWatch: U.S. Stone Imports, July 2011
Travertine and other calcareous stone post import numbers that clearly beat last July. Unfortunately, it’s a different situation with granite.
Unique Stone Concepts Heads Into Omaha (Sept. 12)
OMAHA, Neb. – Unique Stone Concepts will expand into a third Midwest metropolitan area here with a new stone-distribution center.
Hurricane Hits Alpha Professional Tools® (UPDATE Sept. 9)
OAKLAND, N.J. — Hurricane Irene caused havoc with Alpha Professional Tools®.
Fabricator Focus: Kopelov Cut Stone Inc.
A friend’s recollection of Labe Kopelov’s architectural-stone work opened a new door on old stone work – as in historic restoration – for his company.