Category: News

New Gallos Factory on Line for Summer

LIMA, Peru – Production capacities will increase for Marmolería Gallos S.A. this year with completion of a new production facility. The new factory, adjacent to Gallos’ current operations in Lima, is set to begin...

BSI Cites Pelli With Bybee Prize

ITASCA, Ill. – Cesar Pelli, founder of Cesar Pelli and Associates and former dean of the school of architecture at Yale University, is the 2004 recipient of the James Daniel Bybee Prize from the...

MIA Selects Tech Director

CLEVELAND – Charles J. “Chuck” Muehlbauer, a 20-year veteran of the dimensional-stone industry, is the new technical director for the Marble Institute of America Inc. (MIA), effective this month. Muehlbauer will direct all aspects...

CMS/Brembana Open House June 24-26

CALEDONIA, Mich. – CMS North America Inc. will hold its annual open house for stone CNC machines at its headquarters here on June 24-26. The event, described by company officials as a “personal trade...

Company Briefs – May 2004

• Hard Rock Tool opens its newest location this month in South Salt Lake City, Utah, at 3345 S. 300 West, Unit B-1; phone 800-927-2490. The Anaheim, Calif.-based tool-and-supply company operates several warehouses nationwide,...

Brazil Exports Slowed At Ports

Brazil’s booming export market in dimensional stone may be slowing in 2004 – because the material can’t get out of the country fast enough. Stone exports are facing a lack of ships and containers,...

Stone in 2004: Looking Good

CLEVELAND – If there’s going to be a slowdown in stone this year, it’ll be a surprise to one key group – the stone industry. Nine out of ten stone professionals surveyed at StonExpo...

People – March 2004

• Jay Hendrix and Dave Burrill join Tucker, Ga.-based GranQuartz in sales. Hendrix, with six years’ experience with stone tools, will cover Tennessee and Kentucky; Burrill, a 15-year veteran of contractor-related sales, will handle...