Polycor Joins Rocamat
QUÉBEC CITY – Polycor Inc., the Quebec-based quarrier and producer of natural stone, merged with Rocamat S.A. of Comblanchien, France, on July 12. The transaction involved the contribution of all of Polycor’s issued shares...
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Genuine Stone™ Hits the Web
HOLLIS, N.H. – There’s a new online voice for the natural-stone movement with www.genuinestone.org, courtesy of the Natural Stone Council. The Genuine Stone™ site, developed in partnership with McKee Wallwork Cleveland, an Albuquerque, N.M.-based...
Pearlman Gets Stone Tool Supply
ST. LOUIS – Pearlman Industries Inc., the parent of Pearl Abrasive Co. and Keystone Tools, completed the acquisition of Stone Tool Supply Inc. on July 12. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Atlanta-based...
Ferrari Heads Up New Biesse HQ
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The new U.S. corporate headquarters for Biesse is set to get on track with a Ferrari. Construction on the new building will begin next year with Giorgia Ferrari to facilitate the...
BowStone Inc., Ball Ground, Ga.
By K. Schipper
BALL GROUND, Ga. – Steve Bowker is a man who can recognize a good idea when he sees one. Unlike many people, though, he’s not afraid to take that idea and run with it.
Gas Bags
Granite can, if you happen to be stuck between a slab and the ground on the short side of gravity’s rainbow, kill you. But can it give you cancer by just being there in the kitchen?
Continuous Production: Shops in Action
By K. Schipper
Today’s booming market owes its existence to two things: more-plentiful, less-costly stone, and the technology to speed up fabrication. Stone may not get any cheaper than it is today … but production machines will get quicker.
Pearlman Gets Dimensional Tools
ST. LOUIS – Pearlman Industries Inc. acquired Dallas-based Dimensional Tools Inc. on May 16. Dimensional Tools will become part of Pearlman’s Keystone Tools division. Terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed. Dimensional is a value-added...
Entries Now Taken For ’07 Pinnacles
CLEVELAND – The Marble Institute of America (MIA) is now accepting entries for the 2007 Pinnacle Award competition – but don’t tarry getting them in. Entries are due at MIA’s Cleveland office by July...
Coverings 2007 Nears 37,000 Mark
CHICAGO – The registration count went up for this year’s Coverings tile-and-stone event here in April – and nearly half the names turned out to be new to the big show. National Trade Productions,...