Breaking The Pattern?
By Emerson Schwartzkopf With all the machinery coming into the trade, maybe it’s time to ask the question: What’s CNC good for, anyway? No, this isn’t from some Luddite wanting to turn back the...
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Coverings 2003: Education
ORLANDO, Fla. – It’s another big year for stone at Coverings 2003, the international trade show and professional education conference at the Orange County Convention Center on March 24-27. An abundance of seminars addressing...
Air Requirements for Fabrication
By Kevin M. Padden So you’ve made – or will make – the plunge to fabricate stone with an honest-to-goodness fabrication shop. While there’s plenty of attention given to the latest and greatest in...
MIA Sets 2003 Direction
CLEVELAND – The Marble Institute of America (MIA) took on new leadership – and set the tone for promoting natural stone this year – during its annual meeting last December in Baltimore. The stone...
Verona 2002 Numbers Up
VERONA, Italy – The 37th Marmomacc event last October drew more than 55,000 attendees – and at least one of every three persons walking through the exhibit grounds didn’t come from Italy. Preliminary numbers...
Brazil: Riding the Economic Waves
The Brazilian sector of dimensional stone gained, in the last few years, an incomparable attention from the Brazilian government, associations and consultants. The Exterior Chamber of Commerce in Brazil selected 55 industrial sectors with...
Customizing the Countertop, Part I
By K. Schipper Producing multiple copies of the same layouts for big interior countertop jobs – such as large office buildings or big housing developments – is fueling the boom in stone usage and...
Not A Drop To Waste
By Kevin M. Padden When you decide to become a stone fabricator, a couple of the first things that become “clear as mud” are: 1. Where is my water going to come from? 2....
Benattar Marble and Granite, San Francisco
By K. Schipper SAN FRANCISCO – The motto of Benattar Marble and Granite does more than just set the tone for a business with one foot in historic stone work … and the other...
Ready For Prime Time
By Emerson Schwartzkopf Today’s pop quiz: Which character on a current TV hit show includes a stonemason in the family tree? This isn’t exactly an easy one, and there’ll be no hints – you...