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MIA Releases New Design Manual

CLEVELAND – The Marble Institute of America (MIA) is now accepting pre-publication orders for the newly revised and expanded Dimension Stone Design Manual, Version VI, which will ship next month. Substantial discounts of up...

U.S. Market Strong for Stone

VERONA, Italy – If there’s one message the stone industry would like to send to this continent, it’s a simple one: Keep buying. North America continues to be the bright spot for stone consumption,...

Rushmore Faces Remain Solid

KEYSTONE, S.D. – The four presidential figures chiseled into Mount Rushmore may be getting a bit fidgety, but don’t expect any of them to bolt from their batholith anytime soon. Observational data from RESPEC,...

Surfaces 2004 Running Strong

LAS VEGAS – Even with a larger trade-show floor than this year, the 2004 version of Surfaces is filling up briskly. The flooring show, at the Sands Expo and Convention Center on Jan. 28-30...

People – November 2003

• Fred Kendall joins International Wholesale Tile (IWT) in Palm City, Fla., as national sales manager; he previously worked with Creative Tile Marketing. IWT also taps Steve R. McCann as regional manager/Southeast factory-direct and...

September 11 Memorial Garden, London

By Claire Santry
  
   LONDON – As another year passes to note the events of September 11, a new memorial here provides a peaceful spot for reflection … with its permanence strengthened by some natives sandstone.

Polycor Purchases Georgia Marble Co.

TATE, Ga. – Georgia Marble Co. will continue here in the stone business, after all. Polycor, a Quebec-based dimensional-stone supplier, acquired the historic marble operation in early September from French mineral and building-supply conglomerate...

Pan-American Expo Seeks Ideas

JUPITER, Fla. – The PanAmerican Stone and Tile Exposition announced a Call for Topics for DISCOVERY’04, its educational conference program on March 30-April 1, 2004, in Miami Beach, Fla. The event is scheduled to...

Briefs – October 2003

• StonExpo Federation Inc. initiated a exhibitor advisory board for its annual trade show, with the first meeting set for StonExpo 2003 in Atlanta in early December. Initial members are Dan Devlin, Hard Rock...