Architects have until July 15 to submit applications for scholarships to “Designing with Natural Stone,” a course that’s offered by Veronafiere in Italy concurrent in October with the Marmomacc stone event in Verona. Participants...
HOUSTON – M S International Inc. (MSI) opens a new distribution center at 14777 Chrisman Road. The state-of-the-art, 180,000 ft² distribution center and showroom is located on more than 12 acres, and will be...
ELGIN, Ill. – Two city halls, a couple of college campuses and a synagogue are among the winners of the Tucker Design Awards for 2008 from the Building Stone Institute (BSI).
Honorees received their awards during a ceremony in May at the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas.
Giambattista (John B.) Pace, 70, of cancer on April 3. In 1977 he founded Globe Marble & Tile Inc. in North Hollywood, Calif., and soon became the largest importer of marble, granite and natural...
CLEVELAND – The Marble Institute of America (MIA) is accepting entries until July 1 for “Rocky ’08,” its fourth-annual advertising awards competition.
CLEVELAND – The Marble Institute of America (MIA) is now accepting entries for the 2008 Pinnacle Awards competition, now expanded to include a best-of-show “Grande Pinnacle Award,” and a trip to Verona, Italy, in 2009 for its winner.
The saga of the Vermont marble quarry that became a multi-million-dollar money pit for a number of investors appeared to reach an end on March 5.
• Robert A. Hund, 80, former managing director of the Marble Institute of America (MIA), in Farmington, Mich., of cancer on March 16. He headed the MIA from 1980-1995, growing the membership to more than 600, and also represented other trade organizations and commercial clients through his firm, Robert Hund Incorporated (RHI), from 1967-2006.
LOS ANGELES – C.R. Laurence Co. (CRL) purchased Sommer & Maca (Somaca) Industries of Cicero, Ill., effective March 20. Terms of the transaction weren’t released.
CLEVELAND – The Marble Institute of America (MIA) will hold its third annual leadership workshop on April 28, the day before Coverings 2008, in Orlando, Fla.