Letter: “Bold Bucolic” Jobsight
I am writing to you in regards to a recent article written about the Middlebury College Library (“Bold Bucolic,” Stone Business, March 2005). I am very disappointed in that this article has misrepresented the...
Category: News
People – May 2005
• Mike Salinger and Al Benoliel join Alpha Professional Tools® in the new positions of regional sales managers; both have extensive sales and sales-management experience within the industry. Also in sales, the Wycoff, N.J.-based...
Briefs – May 2005
• A two-member Chinese delegation of stone and marble merchants arrived in Karachi, Pakistan, in late March to finalize a deal to buy granite and marble products with the All Pakistan Marble Industries Association...
Pei Lands German Prize
NUREMBERG, Germany – Noted U.S. architect I.M. Pei took one of the top honors this year in the first split decision of the German Natural Stone Awards. The awards, to be formally presented at...
MIA Plans Accreditation
CLEVELAND – A plan by the Marble Institute of America (MIA) to launch a major accreditation program for natural-stone companies next year moved forward in March. An eight-member special task force of industry leaders...
Patent For Water Treatment Technologies
NORTH HAMPTON, N.H. – Water Treatment Technologies’ patent for their EnviroSystem has been approved by the U.S. Patent Office. The EnviroSystem does not rely on gravity, chemicals or centrifugal force to filter and recycle...
Stone Shop Franchising
BIRMINGHAM, Mich. – The Stone Shop International announces what is believed to be the first stone-industry fabrication franchise program. The company, owned and operated by Art Attaway, will provide appropriate equipment packages, fabricator training,...
Briefs – April 2005
• Cosentino’s Silestone® natural-quartz surface recently garnered the coveted Platinum ADEX Award (Awards for Design Excellence), one of the most-prestigious awards programs in the design industry. An anonymous panel of professionals representing a cross...
People – April 2005
• KMT Waterjet Systems appoints Wiktor Stepien as vice president of sales and marketing, responsible for all sales, marketing, customer service, and technical service departments for the Baxter Springs, Kan., company. Stepien previously served...
Briefs – April 2005
• The International Stone Institute (ISI) is offering its members a 15-percent discount on the Basic Five Testing package of ASTM C 97, C 99, C 170, C1353/C241, and C 880. The package, which...