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...
STAFFORD, Texas – Cosentino S.A., the parent company of Cosentino USA, announced a new growth phase for its Silestone natural-quartz surface in late March with the purchase of four additional production lines. The new...
WASHINGTON – Two bald eagles, carved in South Carolina stone, will be at a place of honor when the National World War II Memorial is dedicated here later this month. The two bas-relief eagles,...
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...
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...
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...
• 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’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,...
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...
• 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...