LE SUEUR, Minn. – Cambria, the sole U.S.-based producer of quartz surfaces, will continue its exclusivity through 2012. Cambria expanded its partnership in February with Breton S.p.A., the Castello di Godego, Italy-based manufacturer of...
VAIL, Colo. – The Gallegos Corporation’s commitment to a safe work environment merited several awards late last year. The American Society of Concrete Contractors recognized the Vail-based stone company for an incident rate that...
NEW YORK – The Turkish-American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TACCI) organized an exclusive natural-stone marketing seminar for natural stone professionals in New York on Jan. 20. “Strategic Natural Stone Marketing: 7 Ways to...
WINDSOR, N.Y. – The doors are open to architects and other building-industry professionals at Devonian Stone of New York Inc. The sandstone mining and fabrication company recently expanded its facilities and now offers tours,...
MILAN, Italy – Dr. Giorgio Squinzi, CEO of the Mapei Group, received the Leonardo Quality Prize for Italy in a ceremony headed by Italian President Giorgio Napoletano on Dec. 6. The prestigious prize was...
MILAN, Italy –Assomarmomacchine, the Italian association of makers and users of machines and equipment for working ornamental stone, and Veronafiere, the organizer of the Marmomacc stone show, signed an agreement of cooperation late last...
STOCKHOLM – Karolin Machine Tool AB (KMT), the parent company of KMT Waterjet Systems, announced a revamped organizational structure in early December, due to the company’s recent acquisitions of RPT and H2O Jet and...
CLEVELAND – Jack Seiders of Architectural Granite & Marble Inc. of Austin, Texas, is the new president of the Marble Institute of America, the 1,800-member industry organization for the natural-stone industry. The group elected...
Gianluca Marcolini, 41, of Grazzana, Italy-based Marcolini Marmi S.P.A., of injuries sustained in a plane crash near Tollara, Madagascar, on Oct. 26. The crash of the chartered twin-engine Cessna 425, shortly after takeoff, killed...
LAS VEGAS – Cactus Stone of Phoenix ended up as the big winner in the 2006 Marble Institute of America (MIA) advertising awards. The Phoenix.-based stone supplier scored four of the Rocky plaudits for...