Quarrying: Ask the Rockman (or Woman)
With the lion’s share of dimensional stone used in North America coming from somewhere across an ocean, what’s the future look like for domestic production?
Author: Administrator
Bosnia: Bridging the Divide
MOSTAR, Bosnia-Herzegovina – A rebuilt natural-stone bridge may help to bring cultures together in this war-torn area, thanks to a internationally funded multi-million-dollar project. The Mostar Bridge, destroyed during a civil war in 1993,...
No Stone for Quarry Town Sign?
ROCKLIN, Calif. – A new sign to commemorate the rock-solid history of the area will go up next spring … without any rock. The Sacramento Bee reported in July that this northern California town...
Explosion At Diamant Boart Facility
GHISLENGHIEN, Belgium – A natural-gas explosion caused by a pipeline puncture on July 30 killed five Diamant Boart employees at a new factory at a local industrial area. The blast killed 15 people and...
Briefs – September 2004
• Antolini Luigi & C. of Sega di Cavaion, Italy, recently won an “Excellence in Advertising 2004” award for a placement in Architectural Record. The company’s advertisement was one of 34 selected by a...
People – September 2004
• Kristy A. Foley is the new Stone Care International Inc. regional sales manager for the Midwest and West Coast regions. She brings a sales background to the Owings Mills, Md., company. • John...
Passings: Carlo Mariotti
Carlo Mariotti, 76, owner of a firm that quarried and fabricated travertine for famous buildings worldwide, died Aug. 5 of cancer in a Rome hospital. He joined his family’s stone company in 1946; he...
ITSS 2004
LAS VEGAS – For the International Tile and Stone Show (ITSS), it’s as easy as one-two-three with its latest event here on Oct. 21-23.
StonExpo 2004: L.A. Education
LOS ANGELES – There are plenty of freeways here, but there’s one bit of highway planned for StonExpo 2004 on Oct. 27-30 that’s not on a map, but full of challenges and opportunities: the learning curve.
Computerized Workflow: Templating
By K. Schipper
MADISON, Wis. – Any job is only as good as its template, and most natural stone fabricators struggle with finding a method – but now some Midwestern U.S. shops are leaving the job to somebody else.