Polishing on the CNC Router
By Donny Taylor
It’s one of the biggest questions in stone machine purchasing today: Will it polish to my standards? Or, more importantly, will it polish to the standards of my customers?
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Passings: Gianluca Marcolini
Gianluca Marcolini, 41, of Grazzana, Italy-based Marcolini Marmi S.P.A., of injuries sustained in a plane crash near Tollara, Madagascar, on Oct. 26. The crash of the chartered twin-engine Cessna 425, shortly after takeoff, killed...
Seiders New MIA Prexy
CLEVELAND – Jack Seiders of Architectural Granite & Marble Inc. of Austin, Texas, is the new president of the Marble Institute of America, the 1,800-member industry organization for the natural-stone industry. The group elected...
People – January 2007
• Brian Nolan joins the sales team of Tucker, Ga.-based GranQuartz L.P., supporting the eastern Pennsylvania and northern New Jersey territories. He holds more than 13 years of field sales experience, including work with...
Rocky Awards 2006 Roll Along
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Company Notes – January 2007
• Verona Marble Co. appoints Compass Stone of Marietta, Ga., as the distributor for Legacy Quartz Surfaces and Portofino Marble Surfaces for Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, eastern Tennessee and the Florida panhandle.
KMT Realigns Structure
STOCKHOLM – Karolin Machine Tool AB (KMT), the parent company of KMT Waterjet Systems, announced a revamped organizational structure in early December, due to the company’s recent acquisitions of RPT and H2O Jet and...
StonExpo 2006 Sets Records
LAS VEGAS – StonExpo continued its record-setting pace last year, with its early November show setting more records for the stone-industry event. StonExpo 2006 drew a record total attendance of 7,556 to the Las...
Destination: Vitória 2007
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Match Game
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