Rust Brothers Custom Works, Minneapolis
By K. Schipper
MINNEAPOLIS – Two important things to know right away about Rust Brothers Custom Works: First, the four partners aren’t brothers.
Category: Fabricator Focus
Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park
By K. Schipper
MIDDLEBROOK, Mo. – More than a billion gallons of water rushing – unexpectedly – through a state park early one winter morning is nothing short of a disaster.
And, yet, after the dam of a hydroelectric-plant reservoir broke in December 2005 and sent its load through one of Missouri’s most-popular state parks, thoughts and actions quickly turned to renewal.
Fabricator Focus: Block Tops Inc., Anaheim, Calif.
By K. Schipper
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Block Tops Inc. may have a strange name, but it’s also probably one of the best-kept secrets in Southern (and now Northern) California when it comes to countertops.
Dushi Marble & Granite LLC, Stamford, Conn.
By K. Schipper
STAMFORD, Conn. – Mix Old World craftsmanship with American confidence – along with European sophistication and Yankee entrepreneurship – and you’ve got the recipe that’s driven successful U.S. small businesses in this country for generations.
Add in multiple family members and employees willing to do whatever it takes to get a stone job done – including ‘round-the-clock work to honor installation commitments – and you’ll find Dushi Marble & Granite LLC (DMG).
European Artstone, N. Hollywood, Calif.
By K. Schipper
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Some 20 years ago, Andranik Terharutyunyan was attending an English-language school in Armenia and studying to be a chef.
Today, people generally call him Andy – and he’s president of European Artstone Inc., a still-growing fabricator and installer of natural and man-made stone, quartz surfaces and tile.
MultiStone USA Inc., Atlanta
By K. Schipper
ATLANTA – Companies content to do business with the same old products in the same old ways have had a tough go in this current economic downturn. Fortunately, that’s an approach MultiStone USA Inc. threw out the window a long time ago.
Southwest Tile & Marble, Oklahoma City
By K. Schipper
OKLAHOMA CITY – The year may be 2009, but for the Young family of Southwest Tile & Marble, the significant number is four.
Syverson Tile & Stone
By K. Schipper
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – A company born in the throes of the Great Depression isn’t likely to be fazed by the country’s current economic situation.
Cutting Edge Granite, Evansville, Ind.
By K. Schipper
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Defining Cutting Edge Granite isn’t easy.
Stonecraft Inc., Knoxville, Tenn.
By K. Schipper
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The name Stonecraft suggests an earlier time in the industry, when the skills of craftsmen – rather than machines – were the key ingredient to a company’s success.