By Paul Daniel
Unlike weapons of mass destruction (WMD), the proliferation of multi-diamond-wire (MDW) machines is completely verifiable.
“Multi-wire sawing is still being developed and has yet to reach its full potential,” says Stephen Kelly, project engineer with Element Six (formerly De Beers Industrial Diamonds) at the group´s Market Support Centre in Shannon, Ireland.
• Marmo Machinery USA appoints Keton Sompura as CNC specialist. He served as a CNC machinist for the Southfield, Mich., company for the past six years; previously, he worked with Key Plastics. Marmo also...
• Hard Rock Tool opens a new branch in Sacramento, Calif., to serve Northern California and Nevada, along with other Northwest states. The 4,300 ft² Sacramento location is the Anaheim, Calif.-based tool distributor’s third...
CLEVELAND – Demand for residential kitchen and bath countertops in China will increase 7.3-percent annually to 92.2 million m² (992.4 million ft²), according to a new study – but the material picking up most...
LAKE MONROE, Fla. – Marblelife Inc. acquired the assets of the National Training Center for Stone and Masonry Trades (NTC) in late October. Terms of the deal weren’t announced. NTC’s operations will move from...
ST. LOUIS – David Havens and Christian Condit obtained full ownership of Global Granite and Marble in early November. Details of the transaction weren’t released. Havens and Condit bought 100-percent ownership of St. Louis-based...
ST. LOUIS – Harbour Group acquired Pearlman Corp., the parent company of Pearl Abrasive Co. and Keystone Tools, in early November. Terms of the deal weren’t announced. Commerce, Calif.-based Pearlman offers a broad line...
CARRARA, Italy – Internazionale Marmi e Macchine (IMM) will step up promotion of Italian marble worldwide and support research projects during the next year. The marble trade group will participate in the development of...
CLEVELAND — The Hudson Economics Group Ltd. will be taking two chaperoned groups to Asia – India and China – in early 2007. The first Industry Trade Mission will head for Jaipur, India, for...
By Paul Daniel
For this report, contributing writer Paul Daniel visited almost all the leading Irish dimensional stone producers working today, and asked their opinions about the future.