PALM SPRINGS, Calif. –Manu Shah, chairman and chief executive officer of M S International Inc. (MSI) received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2007 national award Distribution, Manufacturing and Security category. Shah...
MT. PROSPECT, Ill. – Vermont American, a brand that started with one customer, one product and one plant and became a major manufacturer of power-tool accessories, turned 60 last month. The tool maker, now...
• The William J. Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Ark., received a platinum Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design® (LEED®) rating from the U.S. Green Building Council. The 153,779 ft² building, which features...
• Biesse Canada opens an in Toronto this month. The 6,200 ft² facility includes a 5,050 ft² showroom featuring an Intermac’s Master 33 Twin CNC production center. • Bonanza Trade & Supply opens a...
• Biesse S.p.A appoints Jacqueline Liger as North American marketing manager, based in Charlotte, N.C. She previously served as marketing manager of the wood division for the Pesaro, Italy-based equipment manufacturer; she holds a...
• Alpha Professional Tools® adds Mike Aguilar to its sales team, covering the Northern California territory. He joins the Oakland, N.J.-based fabrication-tool company after many years of experience in the tile and building industries....
• Alpha Professional Tools® adds Mike Aguilar to its sales team, covering the Northern California territory. He joins the Oakland, N.J.-based fabrication-tool company after many years of experience in the tile and building industries....
• Online registration begins November 12 for Coverings 2008, set for April 29-May 2 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. Approximately 80 percent of the 37,000 registrants for this yearxs event in Chicago took advantage of the online service, available at www.coverings.com.
HOLLIS, N.H. – It’s been a successful year for the National Stone Council (NSC), and there’s
plenty of optimism for efforts in 2008.
More than 35 companies contributed during the first full year of fundraising by
the NSC, a collaborative organization representing business and trade
associations promoting stone under the Genuine Stone™ brand.
BOWIE, Md. – The International Masonry Institute (IMI) gained a new home this fall – a large one.
The International Training Center, dedicated on Sept. 21, offers a 25-acre campus and state-of the-art facilities for skilled craft training in all the masonry trades, plus educational programs for building designers and contractors.
“We have made a significant commitment to invest in the future of the industry,” says John J. Flynn, IMI co-chair and International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC) president. “Instead of talking about a workforce crisis, we are taking action.”