SAINT-SÉBASTIEN, Quebec – Polycor, the second largest supplier of natural stone in North America, recently announced the investment of more than $5 million into its 25,000 ft² state-of-the-art stone slab processing installation here. According...
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Frank Amrein, owner of Amrein Marble in Fresno, Calif., is the first winner in Hard Rock Tool’s 10th anniversary celebration. Amrein, the November winner in the supply company’s sweepstakes, took home...
FLORENCE, Italy – After a long and controversial restoration, the world’s most-famous piece of marble faces another hazard … the hordes of the great unwashed wanting to see it. Michelangelo’s David, the 500-year-old masterpiece...
EDINBURGH, Scotland – Thrift may be an endearing trait of the Scottish, but it may have reached a limit when it came to one of the country’s historical treasures. The Edinburgh Evening News reports...
• Universal Granite & Marble Inc. of Naperville, Ill., is now distributing natural-quartz surfaces from Quarella S.p.a. of Verona, Italy. The product is already in use in the United States, including 182,000 ft² at...
• The Jornal de Angola recently reported that new granite exploration began last year with Rodang, Galiangol, Omphunda, Lisgran and D.F.C. África, all in the Huíla region. Makenda Ambroise, Angola’s vice minister of geology...
• Marmo Meccanica USA appoints Thomas Goodin and Joseph Willis as service technicians to service the Southfield, Mich., company’s expanding customer base. Goodin brings more than 16 years of experience in motor, electrical and...
EAST MEADOW, N.Y. – A planned memorial for Nassau County, N.Y., victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks will get plenty of construction help, thanks to an effort from LATICRETE International Inc.
NEW YORK – Two of this city’s lionized symbols – literally – received some much-needed touching-up this year.
CARRARA, Italy – The first half of 2004 left most Italian marble producers optimistic as exports increased, according to the annual economic-trend survey of the International Marmi e Macchine (IMM) Carrara S.p.A.