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AIM Opens Training Center

HICKORY, N.C. – Advanced Industrial Machinery Inc. (AIM), a designer and manufacturer of CNC and custom machinery for the stone industry, recently opened its new training center here. The center provides advanced training with...

St. Pancras International, London

By Claire Santry

   LONDON – A new station for European high-speed train travel offers plenty of 21st-century convenience … wrapped in a gorgeous renovation of Victorian-era stonework.

Countertop Cyber Savvy

By Russ Lee

   If you want to know what the Internet can do for a fabrication business, ask Paulo Seidl of GranTops in Frederick, Md.

Hanwha Sets Plant for North America

LONDON, Ontario –Hanwha Living & Creative Corp. broke ground here last month for a manufacturing and distribution plant for its Hanwha Surfaces products, including HanStone™ quartz surfaces. The 200,000 ft² facility, at London’s Innovation...

DITEQ Hits The Five Spot

LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. –DITEQ Corporation, a noted producer and supplier of diamond tools and related construction equipment, celebrated its fifth anniversary last month. DITEQ is the vision of several individuals who work to insure...

MIA Takes Classes Online

CLEVELAND – The Marble Institute of America (MIA) will offer five webinars as part of its educational efforts this year. “This is a new venue for us,” said Jim Hieb, MIA’s director of special...

People – February 2008

• GranitiFiandre promotes Joy Klein to director of national accounts for the Italian stone and tile importer’s United States operations in Itasca, Ill. Klein has been associated with GranitiFiandre since 1998 and held various...

Company Notes – February 2008

• Marmo Meccanica S.p.A. opens a new production facility in Monsano, Italy, near the stone-fabrication-machinery manufacturer’s previous plant. The new facility covers approximately 25,000 m² (269,097 ft²); during his speech at the inaugural ceremony,...

Baker Marble + Granite, Oakland, Calif.

By Jake Rishavy

     OAKLAND, Calif. – When Les Baker and Latham Woodward set out in 1991 to create a new stone business, they set a goal of creating an operation that accomplished much more than simply generating revenue.