Finnish Stone Center Opens
JUUKA, Finland – Plenty of national attractions are made of stone, but the Finnish Stone Center may be the first to make stone the center of attention. More than three years of industry work...
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New Hall for PIEDRA
MADRID, Spain – PIEDRA, the biennial international stone exhibition based here, will be a bigger event in 2004 … literally and physically. Slated for May 5-8, the event at the Juan Carlos I Exhibition...
Briefs – August 2003
• Abaco Machines opens its U.S. warehouse at 4855 Marine Ave. in Lawndale, Calif. to carry the company’s full line of products. The new telephone number is 310-644-9871. • Global Granite and Marble expands...
OSHA and EPA? A Quick Quiz
Think you’re ready to face the inspections for OSHA and EPA? Ask yourselves these questions (and remember that every “no” that you answer will cost you): • How do you store your chemicals? (Yes,...
Space Mirror Memrorial, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – And, now, there are seven more names. The Space Mirror Memorial, located on the visitors center for the space center, is a continuing tribute to those lost in the...
Slabby Logic
By Emerson Schwartzkopf NUREMBERG, Germany – It doesn’t take long at an event like Stone+tec 2003 to realize, in the words of the famous financier Hyman Roth, that the United States can be seen...
Stone+Tec 2003: Downsized, Dynamic
NUREMBERG, Germany – Maybe the abundant sunshine tempted Europeans to stay outdoors and not head inside for a trade show in late May and early June … even if the event happened to be...
Rock of Ages Divests, Settles
CONCORD, N.H. – Rock of Ages Corp. agreed in early June to sell its cemeteries to Saber Management LLC, a Kokomo, Ind.-based funeral-services company, for $6.75 million in cash. Concord-based Rock of Ages bought...
Coverings Seeks Topics, Speakers
NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla. – Looking to offer some of your knowledge to the stone industry? There’s a great opportunity at Coverings next year … but if you want to be a seminar speaker,...
StonExpo Expands Support
MT. STERLING, Ohio – This year’s StonExpo in Atlanta should draw a larger, more-diverse crowd, thanks to some expanded marketing. The event, set for Dec. 4-6, will reach out to local specifiers and designers...