Gliori New MIA Prexy
CLEVELAND – Guido C. Gliori of Grazzini Brothers & Co. is the new president of the Marble Institute of America, succeeding Jim Hogan of Carrara Marble Company of America at the trade group's annual meeting this month.
Author: Administrator
Marmomacc 2008: Big, Not Biggest
VERONA, Italy – The 2008 edition of Marmomacc confirmed the event as the top stone-industry event … but not a record-setting one.
Chicago: Sicily Stone Trade Mission
CHICAGO – The Region of Sicily’s Stone Project will bring 20 stone-company representatives here later this month to promote their products.
3 October, Verona
MARMOMACC, Day 2 – "This year," said a U.S. stone-tools seller during a quick chat here, "breaking even is doing good."
Mid-2008: New World Orders?
If the first six months of 2008’s U.S. dimensional-stone imports translated into an aviation weather report for the rest of the year, it’d be three words: foggy, ceiling uncertain.
2 October, Verona, Italy
MARMOMACC, Day 1 – In Verona, North Americans used to look for European products to sell in the United States. It’s a sign of our current economy that several American companies are doing the reverse … and selling their products to European customers.
30 September, London
HEATHROW — It's a nicely appointed airline lounge, with gray leather seats and sharp Swiss granite flooring and countertops holding light eats and drinks for the very frequent traveler.
American Exotic
By K. Schipper
Not all that long ago, dimensional stone meant domestic stone. Limestones from Indiana, granites from Wisconsin, marbles from Vermont were the norm, all quarried and cut in the U.S.A.
Quality Marble & Tile, Grimes, Iowa
by Cathie Beck
GRIMES, Iowa – Hayro (pronounced “Hi-ro”) Kahrimanovic came to the United States at the turn of the millennium, carrying his total possessions: a plastic bag and a vision.
Hey, What Happened?
There’s no point in hiding any longer – yes, I’m Derivative Man, and one of the four people in the world who really understand Wall Street finance. I’ve been huddled with our nation’s leaders for six days on the bailout, and you don’t want to be in a room with these people for 16 hours straight. When Sen. Charles Schumer decided to give a working example of naked shorts at midnight last Wednesday ….