• Universal Marble and Granite (UMG) opened a new 18,000 ft² facility this year in La Vista, Neb., after a year of planning and development. The Napierville, Ill.-based company plans to stock its UMG-Omaha operation with more than 1,200 marble and granite slab by year’s end.
PESARO, Italy – Last year showed double-digit growth in revenues and profits for Biesse S.p.A., the parent company of Biesse America, Biesse Canada, Intermac America and Intermac Canada – although the firm’s fourth-quarter 2007 figures looked a little less rosy.
Marmo Meccanica S.p.A. opens a new production facility in Monsano, Italy, near the stone-fabrication-machinery manufacturer’s previous plant. The new facility covers approximately 25,000 m²(269,097 ft²); during his speech at the inaugural ceremony, company president...
LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. –DITEQ Corporation, a noted producer and supplier of diamond tools and related construction equipment, celebrated its fifth anniversary last month. DITEQ is the vision of several individuals who work to insure...
• Marmo Meccanica S.p.A. opens a new production facility in Monsano, Italy, near the stone-fabrication-machinery manufacturer’s previous plant. The new facility covers approximately 25,000 m² (269,097 ft²); during his speech at the inaugural ceremony,...
• GranitiFiandre promotes Joy Klein to director of national accounts for the Italian stone and tile importer’s United States operations in Itasca, Ill. Klein has been associated with GranitiFiandre since 1998 and held various...
LONDON, Ontario –Hanwha Living & Creative Corp. broke ground here last month for a manufacturing and distribution plant for its Hanwha Surfaces products, including HanStone™ quartz surfaces. The 200,000 ft² facility, at London’s Innovation...
CLEVELAND – The Marble Institute of America (MIA) will offer five webinars as part of its educational efforts this year. “This is a new venue for us,” said Jim Hieb, MIA’s director of special...
• Grazzini Brothers & Co. of Eagan, Minn., is the first company to earn the Accredited Natural Stone Commercial B Contractor designation under the Marble Institute of America's accreditation program. Commercial B (light commercial) companies are firms that handle commercial stone installations such as hotel lobbies, bank lobbies, and low-rise interior/exterior cladding. Grazzini Brothers and its executive vice president, Guido Gliori, completed the first two phases earlier in 2007, and passed inspections of its facility and a completed commercial installation in Minneapolis in December.
LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. –DITEQ Corporation, a noted producer and supplier of diamond tools and related construction equipment, celebrated its fifth anniversary last month.