Category: Briefs

Briefs – January 2005

Briefs – January 2005

• Approxmately $17 million in stone is heading from the Indian state of Rajasthan to China for construction associated with the 2008 Olympic Games in Bejing. Vineet Patni, a Kishangarh marble exporter, told the...

Briefs – December 2004

Briefs – December 2004

• The Marble Institute of America recognized Joseph Kapcheck, president of J. Kapcheck & Co. in Des Plaines, Ill., with the 2004 Migliore Award for Lifetime Achievement. Kapcheck, noted in the award for “his...

Briefs – August 2004

Briefs – August 2004

• IWT Tesoro Corp. of Westport, Conn., recorded 1Q 2004 revenue of $9.6 million, showing a 42-percent increase from the same period last year, IWT is the parent company of International Wholesale Tile Inc.,...

Briefs – October 2003

Briefs – October 2003

• StonExpo Federation Inc. initiated a exhibitor advisory board for its annual trade show, with the first meeting set for StonExpo 2003 in Atlanta in early December. Initial members are Dan Devlin, Hard Rock...

Briefs – February 2003

Briefs – February 2003

• Cosmic Stone & Tile Distributors recently moved to a new 50,000-ft² showroom and warehouse facility in New Brunswick, N.J. The new phone number is 732-937-5400.

Briefs – November 2002

Briefs – November 2002

• R.C. Tile & Marble Creations of Salinas, Calif., recently took delivery of a Daytona XL edge profiler from Matrix Stone Products of Rialto, Calif. Ramon Castillo, R.C.’s president, notes that the new Daytona...

Briefs – October 2002

Briefs – October 2002

• Innovative Marble & Tile Inc. recently celebrated 21 years in the trade. The Hauppauge, N.Y.-based fabricator and installer now has offices in six foreign companies, and supplied more than 50 million ft² of...

News Briefs – October 2002

News Briefs – October 2002

• Innovative Marble & Tile Inc. recently celebrated 21 years in the trade. The Hauppauge, N.Y.-based fabricator and installer now has offices in six foreign companies, and supplied more than 50 million ft² of stone since 1981.