Mold’s Problem Is Building(s)
ORLANDO – A recent poll of builders and contractors found that 92 percent of them believe moisture in homes and buildings causes mold and mildew, according to the Responsible Solutions to Mold Coalition (RSMC)....
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Stone Sign for Antioch
ANTIOCH, Calif. – Granite can spruce up almost any kitchen, but will it do the same for a city? The Contra Costa Times reported in April that this Northern California community will give stone...
China Stone Dumping: Taiwan
Complaints over low-cost stone from China may be standard fare in Europe and North America, but a new set of protests came from much closer to the source in March. The China News Agency...
Update: Charges in Quarry Fraud Case
The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press reported on April 18 that a federal grand jury returned a 57-count indictment against John Byors in an alleged investment fraud involving a marble quarry in Swinton, Vt. The...
Company Briefs – May 2006
• Superior Stone Equipment forms a partnership with supplier Keystone Tools to be a distributor for the Byron Center, Mich., company’s Force 5000 bridge saw. Keystone is a supplier of products for the marble...
Passings: Peter S. Chipouras
Peter S. Chipouras, 51, founder of the Leasing Advantages and Sterling Capital Partners financial firms, died April 3 in an automobile accident in Orlando, Fla., while attending Coverings 2006. Chipouras, of Somers, Conn., spent...
People – May 2006
• Bonsal American names Ferdinand Muniz as international sales manager for international sales expansion for all product lines. The Charlotte, N.C.-based company also promotes Mary Hernandez to area sales manager for Bonsal® Tile Products,...
OSHA, MIA Join Forces
CLEVELAND – The Marble Institute of America (MIA) and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently signed a two-year alliance agreement to provide MIA members and others with information and training resources...
Salem Moves Ahead At Coverings
ORLANDO – If Coverings is any indication of Salem Stone’s progress, the company’s doing just fine. At a press conference at the end of the event’s first day, Mike Willard, Salem sales/marketing vice president,...
Custom® Building Products Helps Habitat
Habitat for Humanity of Orange County honored Custom® Building Products for its $160,000 donation to the housing charity’s Operation Home Delivery. The program is rebuilding homes in the Gulf Coast region that were destroyed...