• Marmo Machinery USA appoints James A. Willockx as service technician for installing and servicing the Southfield, Mich., company’s machines, bridge saws, edge polishing machines and environmental equipment. He brings 25 years experience to...
QUÉBEC CITY – Polycor Inc., the Quebec-based quarrier and producer of natural stone, merged with Rocamat S.A. of Comblanchien, France, on July 12. The transaction involved the contribution of all of Polycor’s issued shares...
ST. LOUIS – Pearlman Industries Inc., the parent of Pearl Abrasive Co. and Keystone Tools, completed the acquisition of Stone Tool Supply Inc. on July 12. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Atlanta-based...
HOLLIS, N.H. – There’s a new online voice for the natural-stone movement with www.genuinestone.org, courtesy of the Natural Stone Council. The Genuine Stone™ site, developed in partnership with McKee Wallwork Cleveland, an Albuquerque, N.M.-based...
ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Park Industries® is one of the 50 Best Small & Medium Companies to Work for in the United States, according to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). The stone-equipment...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The new U.S. corporate headquarters for Biesse is set to get on track with a Ferrari. Construction on the new building will begin next year with Giorgia Ferrari to facilitate the...
CLEVELAND – NBC Solid Surfaces of Springfield, Vt., became the first Accredited Natural Stone Fabricator under the a program from the Marble Institute of America (MIA). “After two and a half years of planning...
ACQUAVIVA, San Marino – Denver S.A. stepped up its fabrication-equipment manufacturing with the opening of a new 88,000 ft² facility here in early June. The company doubled its manufacturing capacity with the expansion, and...
• Fabricator members of the Marble Institute of America received a survey in early June for the industry’s first-ever benchmark study. The effort, managed by Boulder, Colo.-based Profit Planning Group, will provide an analysis...
I have noticed that in your magazine, as well as others, that there appears to be no regard for safety equipment use. There are several photos of fabrication shops with workers operating equipment and...