FollowUp: Friable Case in Vermont?
BURLINGTON, Vt. – A man who sold investors on a plan to reactivate a Vermont marble quarry – and ended up in federal custody on fraud charges – is now the subject of a...
Category: News
People – October 2007
• The Building Stone Institute (BSI) appoints Margie Lechowicz as executive vice president of the Elgin, Ill.-based natural-stone association. Lechowicz brings more than 20 years of professional experience to the group, most recently as...
Intermac, AIM Ink Agreement
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Intermac America and Advanced Industrial Machinery Inc. (AIM) recently signed a distribution agreement, making Intermac and its agents the exclusive dealer of AIM cutting machinery in the United States and Canada....
ETemplate Systems Going To College
RALEIGH, N.C – ETemplate Systems enters into a partnership with Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) of Des Moines, Iowa, and Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, to provide its Photo Digital Measuring...
Industrial Realty Gets American Stone
AMHERST, Ohio – American Stone Industries Inc. agreed on Sept. 7 to sell its assets to Industrial Realty Group LLC. The deal includes a purchase price of $22 million, plus the assumption of certain...
Northwood Gives Fab Seminar
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – More than 100 people from the United States and Canada gathered here on Sept. 12-15 for Northwood Machine Manufacturing Co.’s inaugural Annual Open House and Stone Fabrication Seminar. The core of...
Company Notes – September 2007
• Cambria quartz surfaces are now certified GREENGUARD For Children & Schools(SM) by the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI). The certification is given to companies and products that do not emit harmful levels of chemicals...
People – September 2007
• Chris Rogers is the new territory manager for the Iowa and Nebraska area for Sommer & Maca’s Central Division. Rogers, with 25 years experience in the tile, stone and glass industries, will be...
More MIA Accredited Companies
CLEVELAND – Three more companies are now Accredited Natural-Stone Fabricators, as noted by the Marble Institute of America (MIA). And, they’ll be joined by many more, judging from the amount of companies now in...
Letters: Undocumented Workers
Editor: Just read your editorial in Stone Business and have a few comments of my own, being an actual granite shop owner. As an owner that actually plays by the rules in an area...