Devonian Offers A Look
WINDSOR, N.Y. – The doors are open to architects and other building-industry professionals at Devonian Stone of New York Inc.
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Briefs – February 2007
• Aro Granites Industry Ltd., Hosur, India, recently purchased four ARCO DI TRIONFO M594 cutting centres from Pedrini S.p.A. of Carobbio degli Angeli, Italy; the new machines feature an additional productive potential that can range from 1600 m² (17, 222 ft²)to 2000 m² (21,527 ft²)of semi-finished products per day, depending on the block quality and granite hardness class. The company has been equipped with Pedrini technology for a long time in its factories, including several frame saws, three Pedrini slab polishing lines, a quartet of four-column block cutters and two tile-polishing lines
People: February 2007
• The Marble & Granite Gallery hires Jeanne Zamojski as a showroom consultant for the Southfield, Mich.-based stone company. She previously worked in interior/exterior design sales in the home-building industry, and also worked independently doing home-design consulting.
Company Notes – January 2007
• Verona Marble Co. appoints Compass Stone of Marietta, Ga., as the distributor for Legacy Quartz Surfaces and Portofino Marble Surfaces for Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, eastern Tennessee and the Florida panhandle.
People – January 2007
• Brian Nolan joins the sales team of Tucker, Ga.-based GranQuartz L.P., supporting the eastern Pennsylvania and northern New Jersey territories. He holds more than 13 years of field sales experience, including work with...
KMT Realigns Structure
STOCKHOLM – Karolin Machine Tool AB (KMT), the parent company of KMT Waterjet Systems, announced a revamped organizational structure in early December, due to the company’s recent acquisitions of RPT and H2O Jet and...
Seiders New MIA Prexy
CLEVELAND – Jack Seiders of Architectural Granite & Marble Inc. of Austin, Texas, is the new president of the Marble Institute of America, the 1,800-member industry organization for the natural-stone industry. The group elected...
Passings: Gianluca Marcolini
Gianluca Marcolini, 41, of Grazzana, Italy-based Marcolini Marmi S.P.A., of injuries sustained in a plane crash near Tollara, Madagascar, on Oct. 26. The crash of the chartered twin-engine Cessna 425, shortly after takeoff, killed...
Rocky Awards 2006 Roll Along
LAS VEGAS – Cactus Stone of Phoenix ended up as the big winner in the 2006 Marble Institute of America (MIA) advertising awards. The Phoenix.-based stone supplier scored four of the Rocky plaudits for...
People – December 2006
• Marmo Machinery USA appoints Keton Sompura as CNC specialist. He served as a CNC machinist for the Southfield, Mich., company for the past six years; previously, he worked with Key Plastics. Marmo...