Performance Tile & Stone
By K. Schipper
ROCKLIN, Calif. – While the current economy leaves some people skeptical about the possibility of having it all, don’t tell that to Eric and Judy Richardson.
Category: Fabricator Focus
Louis W. Mian Inc., Charlestown, Mass.
By K. Schipper
CHARLESTOWN, Mass. – With more than a century of stoneworkers in the family, and their name above the door for more than six decades, you might think the Mians would be a little set in their ways.
Caposselas’ Exquisite Surfaces, Bridgeport, Conn.
By K. Schipper
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Jim and Lois Capossela know the secret to a successful business.
Idaho Granite Works, Naples, Idaho
By K. Schipper
NAPLES, Idaho – When life gave Oscar Anderson granite, he turned to making countertops … and landscape stone, and monuments, and slabs.
Annapolis Marble and Granite, Edgewater, Md.
By K. Schipper
EDGEWATER, Md. – When Ramon Garcia bought Annapolis Marble and Granite in 1995, he thought he’d found an escape from the corporate world.
Quality Marble & Tile, Grimes, Iowa
by Cathie Beck
GRIMES, Iowa – Hayro (pronounced “Hi-ro”) Kahrimanovic came to the United States at the turn of the millennium, carrying his total possessions: a plastic bag and a vision.
Marlble and Granite Specialists, Neenah, Wis.
By Jake Rishavy
NEENAH, Wis. – When the owners of Marble and Granite Specialists met in 2001, they found common ground: a sense of delivering better, more-consistent work than some area customers received at the time.
K.G. Stevens Inc., New Berlin, Wis.
by Cathie Beck
NEW BERLIN, Wis. – K.G. Stevens Inc. fabricates and installs premium countertop surfaces … but it’s a lot different than the standard stone shop. What sets the firm apart is how it gets things done – and who’s the customer.
Cangelosi Company, Missouri City, Texas
By Cathie Beck
MISSOURI CITY, Texas –Vito Cangelosi first put his hands to stone more than 45 years ago … and don’t start thinking that his Cangelosi Company works with anything else.
Touchstone Products Inc., Grandville, Mich.
By Jake Rishavy
GRANDVILLE, Mich. – In March 2003, in a substantial building boom, Michigan entrepreneurs Jim VanDyken and Jerry Deeghan found themselves staring at a great opportunity: Touchstone Products Inc.