• Precision H20 appoints Chris Calby as facility manager for its Chicago location. Calby comes to the Spokane, Wash.-based waterjet-production company with a background in machine design and education; he’ll be responsible for day-to-day...
• TM Supply Companies of Wheeling, Ill, announces five new regional distributors for its Technistone® natural-quartz surfaces: Trends in Tile of Bridgestone, Mo. (St. Louis and a 75-mile surrounding radius); Design Surfaces Distributors Inc....
By Sean Boyle Cladding with stone provides an architect with endless design possibilities. Storefronts, office and hotel lobbies, shopping malls and building facades are enhanced by the elegance of stone. The use of a...
By Kevin M. Padden A bumper sticker I saw on the back of a car hit the nail on the head (and, presumably, with safety glasses): If you think OSHA & EPA are small...
By K. Schipper CHESTERFIELD, Mo. — Ted Liebig Sr. may be a man without a title at StoneTrends LLC, but he’s certainly not without a plan. The CEO of Trend Manufacturing Co. has come...
By Emerson Schwartzkopf So how are you figuring your prices today? Are you considering all your overhead and muliplying by two? Or is it a sliding scale by material, where the multiples increase depending...
By K. Schipper ALBANY, N.Y. — Cathedral, for most people, is of a structure designed and built to last for centuries. The parishioners of the Catholic Diocese of Albany, N.Y., know better. Well before...
SÃO PAULO, Brazil – With 28,500 buyers in attendance, the inaugural Revestir/Brazilian Stone and Tile Exhibition appeared to be a big hit on April 9-13. Event organizers reported that Revestir, held at São Paulo’s...
CLEVELAND – The Marble Institute of America (MIA), according to its members, is doing a very, very good job. A March membership survey, conducted by Collegiate Research Services (CRS) of Oberlin, Ohio, shows that...
BERKELEY, Calif. – A bust collecting dust in the basement of a University of California museum may turn out to be the very image of the Greek philosopher Plato. Then again, maybe not. The...