Pragma Opens U.S. Arm
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – Pragma S.r.l., the Casinalbo, Italy-based manufacturer of technologies for the ceramic and marble industries, recently opened a North American division – Pragma USA. The launch of the new division was...
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MIA Hits Road In Vermont ‘07
CLEVELAND – The Marble Institute of America (MIA) will take to the road next month with its first “Quarry Tours and More” in Vermont. Called “Destination Vermont,” the seminar/bus tour on May 16-17 is...
Company Notes – April 2007
• Best Tile Distributors of New England recently celebrated the grand opening of a contractor-specific showroom in Woburn, Mass., with an all-day training program sponsored by the National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA).The program, hosted...
People – April 2007
• Northwood Machine Manufacturing Co. expands its Stoneworks Division with Robbie Tidwell as sales and marketing manager. Tidwell, who’s been with the Louisville, Ky.-based company since 1992, holds extensive industry experience, including operation of...
Briefs – April 2007
• Japanese customs officials arrested two men in early March on suspicion of smuggling the country’s largest haul of ivory, according to Asia Today. Officials discovered the three-ton shipment in a container registered as...
Pragma Opens U.S. Arm
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – Pragma S.r.l., the Casinalbo, Italy-based manufacturer of technologies for the ceramic and marble industries, recently opened a North American division – Pragma USA.
Call for Stone LIVE! Presentations at StonExpo 2007 Las Vegas
Proposals are now being taken for the Stone LIVE! presentations to be held at StonExpo 2007 on October 17-20 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. These hands-on training sessions, which take place...
Comandulli, Fratelli Bisso Merge
CASTELLEONE, Italy – Comandulli Costruzione Meccaniche S.r.l., a leading constructor of edge polishing machines, merged with milling-machine manufactuer Fratelli Bisso S.r.l of Ferrada di Moconesi, Italy, in December.
People: March 2007
• Alpha Professional Tools® adds Don Ferko to represent its Ohio Valley Territory of Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia, along with the western regions of New York and Pennsylvania. Prior to joining the Oakland, N.J.-based company, Ferko holds 14 years of experience working with tile, marble and granite, and is a third-generation tile setter and marble mason.
CaesarStone Aids Architecture For Humanity
CaesarStone joined with Architecture for Humanity in sponsoring a program of home development in East Biloxi, Miss., for families whose homes were destroyed by 2005’s Hurricane Katrina. The Sun Valley, Calif., company committed to...