Category: News In General

CLEVELAND – The Marble Institute of America (MIA) will offer five new business owner-oriented webinars in the next two months, offered in part with support of the Kohler® Company.

Maurizio Bertoli, 64, of Keansburg, N.J., died Aug. 14 when his vehicle was hit by flying debris on Interstate 95 south of downtown Philadelphia. His wife, Laura, received minor injuries in the accident, according to local news accounts.

CARRARA, Italy – The Internazionale Marmi e Macchine S.p.A.(IMM) earmarked $20,000 earlier this month to support efforts for granite in the United States.

Dakota Granite of  Milbank, S.D., has no affiliation with a company based in India calling itself S. V. L Granites and Dakota Granites.  Chuck Monson, president and CEO of the Milbank-based company, also notes...

ST. LOUIS – Less than one month after acquiring stone-industry supplier GranQuartz L.P., the Harbour Group made another move in the trade with the purchase of the the stone division of Sommer & Maca Industries Inc. from C.R. Laurence Co.

ST. LOUIS – GranQuartz Holdings LLC is now part of Harbour Group.
Jeff Fox, Harbour Group’s chief executive officer, announced the deal on July 7.Terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed.

DALLAS – The relationship between StonExpo and Marmomacc got stronger in early July with a new strategic alliance – and a new name for the U.S. stone industry’s show.

LAS VEGAS – Registration for StonExpo 2008, set for Oct. 15-18, went live on June 11.
As in previous years, registration for the trade-show segment of the event at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center will be free until late September.

My name is Lee M. Wiston, chief operations officer for Valley Marble and Slate Corp. in New Milford, Conn. I’m a third-generation natural-stone professional. I learned my trade from my father, Mark Wiston, my...