Marble – Upbeat Mood in Italy
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.
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Briefs – January 2005
• StoneCraft Tooling and Supply held its Third Annual Tool Show at its warehouse facility in Houston on Dec. 10; a total of 13 vendors showed off their latest products for area customers. The company will hold its Gulf Coast Tool Show at P.B.I. Granite in New Orleans on Jan. 29.
New Stone Association
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – A new stone trade group is taking shape for 2006. The International Stone Institute, announced in mid-September, will address needs of stone designers, fabricators, installers, and maintenance/restoration professionals, according to Fred...
Stone Show Changes Continue
Although 2004’s stone-industry shows ended last October, two competing shows continued to make news right up to the end of the year. ITSS Expos, producers of the International Tile and Stone Shows, announced in...
Briefs – January 2005
• Approxmately $17 million in stone is heading from the Indian state of Rajasthan to China for construction associated with the 2008 Olympic Games in Bejing. Vineet Patni, a Kishangarh marble exporter, told the...
Briefs – January 2005
• StoneCraft Tooling and Supply held its Third Annual Tool Show at its warehouse facility in Houston on Dec. 10; a total of 13 vendors showed off their latest products for area customers. The...
Quarry Restraining Order Sought
CHALLIS, Idaho – A local stone quarry’s ability to continue and expand operations is being challenged in federal district court by a conservation group. Judge B. Lynn Winmill deferred action in early November on...
Pakistan Seeks Industry Growth
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – The stone trade in Pakistan may be setting some large goals in improving exports … but it’s not just a matter of production and sales. Principals in Pakistan’s marble and granite...
Yet Another U.S. Show?
VERONA, Italy – Is another U.S. stone-industry trade event in the offing? Giovannie Mantovani, director general of VeronaFiere, producer of the annual Marmomacc stone show in Verona, made a strong indication recently about the...
Briefs – December 2004
• The Marble Institute of America recognized Joseph Kapcheck, president of J. Kapcheck & Co. in Des Plaines, Ill., with the 2004 Migliore Award for Lifetime Achievement. Kapcheck, noted in the award for “his...