• LATICRETE International Inc. appoints Victoria Wright as a technical sales representative for the Houston area. Wright, a Baylor University graduate, has a family background in the ceramic-tile business. • MAPEI Corp. hires Brian...
By James P
. Abner
What are the expectations when a stone is specified? Who’s responsible for making the decisions? At what point should these issues be addressed?
By Emerson Schwartzkopf
It’s an old-timer’s joke, but with bite: With that CNC machine that set you back a few hundred grand and then some, where’s the slot to shove in the template?
By Kevin M. Padden
Do you remember back when you decided to actually make the plunge and become a stone fabricator? I’ll bet that you wondered about how easy or hard it would be to move heavy pieces of stone around in your new shop with just one or two people.
By K. Schipper
FORT WORTH, Texas – Chuck McCracken is more than an entrepreneur – he’s also a guy who acquired a myriad of job skills to keep him interested and busy over the long haul.
By K. Schipper
ATLANTA – A decade ago, Georgia state officials – afraid their century-old capitol was losing its integrity as an historic structure – started some master planning for preservation.
Nobody likes to think about mistakes. Nobody plans to make them – well, unless you’re planning to commit some accounting fraud later on this evening – and people rarely offer to admit to making any.
By K. Schipper
With customers clamoring for everything granite, a lot of stone fabricators probably aren’t thinking about expanding their product lines.
From The Centre for Development of Stones (CDOS)
(In the April 2003 issue of Stone Business, CDOS gave an extensive overview of dimensional-stone production in India. This month, it’s time to match the varieties with locations throughout the country.)
By K. Schipper
Diamonds in the stone shop pack plenty of punch. Since the first diamond saw was developed in the 1920s, diamond tooling has expanded into just about every aspect of the fabrication process.
Whether it’s sawing, shaping or polishing, fabricators say they’re utilizing diamond technology successfully – and not just for granite, but even with softer materials such as marble and natural quartz surfaces.