London Show Draws Well
LONDON – The seventh Natural Stone Show ended its run here in early April with what appears to be a good attendee turnout for a record number of exhibitors. Attendance numbers are still being...
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Mold’s Problem Is Building(s)
ORLANDO – A recent poll of builders and contractors found that 92 percent of them believe moisture in homes and buildings causes mold and mildew, according to the Responsible Solutions to Mold Coalition (RSMC)....
Stone Sign for Antioch
ANTIOCH, Calif. – Granite can spruce up almost any kitchen, but will it do the same for a city? The Contra Costa Times reported in April that this Northern California community will give stone...
China Stone Dumping: Taiwan
Complaints over low-cost stone from China may be standard fare in Europe and North America, but a new set of protests came from much closer to the source in March. The China News Agency...
Update: Charges in Quarry Fraud Case
The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press reported on April 18 that a federal grand jury returned a 57-count indictment against John Byors in an alleged investment fraud involving a marble quarry in Swinton, Vt. The...
Passings: Peter S. Chipouras
Peter S. Chipouras, 51, founder of the Leasing Advantages and Sterling Capital Partners financial firms, died April 3 in an automobile accident in Orlando, Fla., while attending Coverings 2006. Chipouras, of Somers, Conn., spent...
Company Briefs – May 2006
• Superior Stone Equipment forms a partnership with supplier Keystone Tools to be a distributor for the Byron Center, Mich., company’s Force 5000 bridge saw. Keystone is a supplier of products for the marble...
People – May 2006
• Bonsal American names Ferdinand Muniz as international sales manager for international sales expansion for all product lines. The Charlotte, N.C.-based company also promotes Mary Hernandez to area sales manager for Bonsal® Tile Products,...
Soka University of America, Aliso Viejo, Calif.
By K. Schipper
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. – What do you do when you want to cross the Spanish Mission style common to Southern California with the needs of a new four-year international liberal-arts college?
Mario & Son Inc., Spokane Valley, Wash.
By Cathie Beck
SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. – It took the Marcella family nearly four decades to bring natural stone into their tile business – and it’s taken far less time to become one of the area’s premier fabrication companies.