Category: News

WTT Welcomes Kochevar

Water Treatment Technologies of Hampton, N.H., welcomes Scott Kochevar as  Western Regional Sales Manager. He brings more than five years of sales experience in the stone-fabrication industry for equipment distributor AGM, in addition to...

Terrazzo Awards for T&M

Terroxy® Resin Systems from Wheeling, Ill.-based Terrazzo & Marble (T&M) Supply went into five of the 2006 Honor Awards from the National Terrazzo & Mosaic Association (NTMA). The plaudits include the Job of the...

Stone IQ and BBQ

DALLAS – A chance to see the latest in stone techniques and some savory Texas barbecue brought in the crowds for the annual Dimensional Tools & Supply BBQ and Seminar, held July 21 at...

Tureks Adds TR Stone

FAIRFAX, Va. – Wholesale supplier TR Stone is now part of the Tureks organization, as of May 1. TR Stone, based in Pompano, Fla., is now merged into Marble Systems, a Tureks division. TR...

New Caesarstone® Incentive Program

SUN VALLEY, Calif. – Caesarstone USA introduced its Advantage Program earlier this summer, providing certified fabricators and installers of the quartz-surfacing material with numerous promotions, discounts, training, and reward points. The Caesarstone program allows...

$10 Million for Bahia Development

The Inter-American Development Bank approved of a $10 million innovation loan in late June for a program to strengthen business activity in the Brazilian state of Bahia. The program will promote a new private...

Company Notes – August 2006

• Braxton-Bragg Corp. launches www.braxtonbragg.com, offering direct ordering online of products, with shipping from the company’s warehouses in Knoxville, Tenn., and Fresno, Calif. The site will also feature daily and weekly updates alerting users...

People – August 2006

• MAPEI names Rainer M. Blair to succeed the retiring Nick Di Tempora as President/CEO of MAPEI Americas. Di Tempora will remain on board as an advisor to Blair to ensure a smooth transition...

Minnesota Rocks! Leaves Its Mark

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The efforts of 14 stone carvers participating in Minnesota Rocks!, the International Stone Carving Symposium, will find homes throughout the state’s capital city. “The work these artists are producing is...

MIA Honing Accreditation Program

CLEVELAND – The accreditation program for the natural-stone industry, spearheaded by the Marble Institute of America (MIA), is moving towards implementation early next year. In the latest step in the two-year effort to develop...