TATE, Ga. – Georgia Marble Co. will continue here in the stone business, after all. Polycor, a Quebec-based dimensional-stone supplier, acquired the historic marble operation in early September from French mineral and building-supply conglomerate...
FLORENCE, Italy – The world’s most-famous piece of sculpted marble will get a fresh new look, beginning this month … but not without some controversy. Michelangelo’s David will go through a complete head-to-toe cleaning...
A cross-country partnership between two stone events apparently fell by the wayside in late summer – and the calendar for next March still includes two shows in Florida. Officials of Trade Shows International (TSI)...
CLEVELAND – Members of the Marble Institute of America (MIA) can keep on truckin’ – and light the lights – for less, as part of two new alliances from the trade association. Affiliated Power...
MARBLE, Colo. – The replacement process for the Tomb of the Unknowns – arguably the most-famous single piece of marble work in the United States – may be well on its way with a...
CLEVELAND – It’s time to get your entries in for the Marble Institute of America (MIA) 2003 Pinnacle Awards competition .. but don’t delay. The deadline for all entries is September 19. The competition...
JUUKA, Finland – Plenty of national attractions are made of stone, but the Finnish Stone Center may be the first to make stone the center of attention. More than three years of industry work...
CONCORD, N.H. – Rock of Ages Corp. agreed in early June to sell its cemeteries to Saber Management LLC, a Kokomo, Ind.-based funeral-services company, for $6.75 million in cash. Concord-based Rock of Ages bought...
CLEVELAND – The Marble Institute of America (MIA), according to its members, is doing a very, very good job. A March membership survey, conducted by Collegiate Research Services (CRS) of Oberlin, Ohio, shows that...
BERKELEY, Calif. – A bust collecting dust in the basement of a University of California museum may turn out to be the very image of the Greek philosopher Plato. Then again, maybe not. The...