Freedom Stone Dedicated at Ground Zero
NEW YORK – Most stone companies might balk at donating a large piece of granite– especially if it’s 20 tons. For Innovative Stone, however, this wasn’t just any large rock. Their work – dubbed...
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St. Cloud’s Solid Appeal
ST. CLOUD, Minn. – After more than six decades, this central Minnesota city is bringing granite back to its name … literally. The city and the surrounding area will be branding itself as Granite...
VIC Sells Restoration Arm
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – VIC International Corp., a leading U.S. stone-equipment and -supplies company, sold its restoration and maintenance businesses on June 26 to St. Paul, Minn.-based Ecolab Inc. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed....
Briefs – August 2004
• IWT Tesoro Corp. of Westport, Conn., recorded 1Q 2004 revenue of $9.6 million, showing a 42-percent increase from the same period last year, IWT is the parent company of International Wholesale Tile Inc.,...
People – August 2004
• John Hamby joins Bonsal American Co. as area sales manager for Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas. He previously owned Hamby Tile and Stone in Dallas. • Hugo Vega joins Georgia Marble Dimension Stone...
Diamond Tooling in the New Stone Age
By Martin Jennings
Growth in the output of natural stone has increased steadily since the late 1960s and this increase can be tracked quite clearly to the advances made in the diamond tooling now used almost exclusively at the quarries and stone yards.
Patterns for Success, Part II
By Kevin M. Padden
Last time, I wrote about the different types of manual templating that I have had the most success with, using both methods in the field and in the shop. I pretty much prefer the Luan plywood-strip method; but, in the interest in being objective, let’s review all of the most-common types of templating now in use.
Stoneworkz, Orlando, Fla.
By K. Schipper
ORLANDO, Fla. – When it comes to fabrication, Stoneworkz President Michael Burress says that “I hope we’re a little different” from other companies in the field.
Remembering John D
By Emerson Schwartzkopf
In a stone industry that tosses around the dimensions of tons, containers and slabs like a pocketful of change, 25 pounds seems beyond insignificance. Make it a piece of granite, roughly broken with the inscribed word “John D,” and it’s no more than scrap for the crusher.
A Capitol Job of Maintenance
By K. Schipper
Everyone likes to talk about the importance of stone’s durability, but then there’s the job of keeping up a building – and the ultimate symbol of the United States of America.