JUUKA, Finland – The incoming president of the European and International Federation of Natural Stone Industries – EuroRoc – cautioned fellow members about cutting prices at the group’s annual general meeting here in August....
• Jena Olsen is the new account executive for Stone Business for the field of equipment tooling/supply. She previously served as membership director for the Cleveland-based Marble Institute of America. • Kevin Haney is...
GHISLENGHIEN, Belgium – A natural-gas explosion caused by a pipeline puncture on July 30 killed five Diamant Boart employees at a new factory at a local industrial area. The blast killed 15 people and...
• Antolini Luigi & C. of Sega di Cavaion, Italy, recently won an “Excellence in Advertising 2004” award for a placement in Architectural Record. The company’s advertisement was one of 34 selected by a...
Carlo Mariotti, 76, owner of a firm that quarried and fabricated travertine for famous buildings worldwide, died Aug. 5 of cancer in a Rome hospital. He joined his family’s stone company in 1946; he...
• Kristy A. Foley is the new Stone Care International Inc. regional sales manager for the Midwest and West Coast regions. She brings a sales background to the Owings Mills, Md., company. • John...
MOSTAR, Bosnia-Herzegovina – A rebuilt natural-stone bridge may help to bring cultures together in this war-torn area, thanks to a internationally funded multi-million-dollar project. The Mostar Bridge, destroyed during a civil war in 1993,...
ROCKLIN, Calif. – A new sign to commemorate the rock-solid history of the area will go up next spring … without any rock. The Sacramento Bee reported in July that this northern California town...
• John Hamby joins Bonsal American Co. as area sales manager for Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas. He previously owned Hamby Tile and Stone in Dallas. • Hugo Vega joins Georgia Marble Dimension Stone...
• IWT Tesoro Corp. of Westport, Conn., recorded 1Q 2004 revenue of $9.6 million, showing a 42-percent increase from the same period last year, IWT is the parent company of International Wholesale Tile Inc.,...