Grein Builds Up Brazil Plant
SERRA, Brazil – Grein Brasil opened a new branch here in mid-February, during this year’s edition of the nearby Vitória Stone Fair. The Brazilian arm of Graz, Austria-based Grein Holding GmbH inaugurated the new...
Category: News In General
$7 Million Stake in Quarry Probed
SWANTON, Vt. – A small quarry here is the focus of a federal investigation of an alleged investment fraud involving up to $7 million. The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press reports that John Byors is...
Stone-Carving Fest Selects Artists
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Fourteen stone carvers from around the world will converge on this Midwestern city, beginning next month, for Minnesota Rocks!, the International Stone Carving Symposium. The event, organized by Public Art...
Marble Floor Dropping Out?
FLINT, Mich. – Some exquisite marble flooring at a local historic building is – literally – sinking like a stone. The Flint Journal reports that the 15’ X 22’ lobby floor at Durant-Dort Carriage...
MIA Study Notes Granite Cleanliness
CLEVELAND – A new study funded by the Marble Institute of America indicates that granite, marble and quartz surfaces are all easily cleaned to meet FDA surface sanitizer criteria of 5-log reduction pathogens on...
People – April 2006
• Leitch & Co./Intertool appoints Mike Malone as chief operating officer. He comes to the San Leandro, Calif., stone-tool manufacturer with a long career background in the construction and stone industries. Most recently, he...
A Gentle Case of Love in Vein
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...
Passings: Homer W. Weller
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...
Passings: Fred B. Powers Jr.
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...
Church Caving In to Quarry Work?
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...