FABIANA, Italy – A millennium-old marble-laden church in this Tuscan village may be in danger of collapse because of … marble quarrying. United Press International reports that the Pieve della Cappella is showing a...
CLAYTON, Idaho – Plans to sell federal land at the site of a stone quarry near here apparently failed again earlier this year. The Challis Messenger reports that U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) declined...
RICHMOND, Va. – A marble wall at a mausoleum here is giving comfort to a widower who believes he can see his late wife’s image … in the stone. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that...
Homer W. Weller, 75, founder of Rolling Rock Building Stone Inc., passed away January 31 at Philadelphia’s Graduate Hospital as a result of a battle with an acute form of leukemia diagnosed only three...
Fred B. Powers Jr., 72, former chairman and president of Powers Fasteners Inc., passed away on Dec. 20. A native of Bronx, N.Y., Powers entered the business in 1958 with The Rawlplug Co., a...
• Custom® Building Products opens a new, 112,000 ft² state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Las Vegas to serve the Arizona, Nevada and Utah markets. It’s the 11th U.S. manufacturing facility for the Seal Beach, Calif.-based...
• Dal-Tile Corp. promotes Harold G. Turk to president, replacing Chris Wellborn, who is now chief operating officer of Mohawk Industries, Dal-Tile’s parent company. Turk, who joined Dal-Tile 30 years ago, previously served as...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Educational sessions covering the range from green buildings to managing customer needs await for stone-industry professionals during Coverings 2006 on April 4-7 in Orlando, Fla.
By K. Schipper
Today’s natural-stone market looks a lot different than it did a decade – or even five years – ago. Fabricators rode increased mechanization and lower stone prices to greater profitability, even while competition grew.
By K. Schipper
BELLEVUE, Wash. – Western Tile and Marble celebrates its golden anniversary this year, and – with 250-400 people on the payroll, depending on what jobs are under construction – it’s hard to mistake the company for a small shop.