Mid-2008: New World Orders?
If the first six months of 2008’s U.S. dimensional-stone imports translated into an aviation weather report for the rest of the year, it’d be three words: foggy, ceiling uncertain.
Category: Articles
American Exotic
By K. Schipper
Not all that long ago, dimensional stone meant domestic stone. Limestones from Indiana, granites from Wisconsin, marbles from Vermont were the norm, all quarried and cut in the U.S.A.
Quality Marble & Tile, Grimes, Iowa
by Cathie Beck
GRIMES, Iowa – Hayro (pronounced “Hi-ro”) Kahrimanovic came to the United States at the turn of the millennium, carrying his total possessions: a plastic bag and a vision.
EPA: No Outdoor Water Features
WASHINGTON – Outdoor water features – natural stone or otherwise – aren’t part of proposed guidelines from the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on residential water efficiency.
StatWatch: June 2008
Information on U.S. stone imports becomes available a few months after the fact; right now, June marks the latest data available. Some in-depth analysis of stone imports at mid-year will be available in the October 2008 Stone Business (and you can sign up for a free subscription here), but an overview of June figures offer some interesting insights.
Bridge Saws
It’d be handy to use the same lead here that starts plenty of stories in the stone industry – business is getting smaller – but it doesn’t apply when looking at the 2008 lineup of available bridge saws in the United States.
RocHenge Events / Coors Field, Denver
By K. Schipper
DENVER – Paying someone to let you do a job isn’t usually anyone’s idea
of a good investment. But, when that gives you naming rights to a hot
new space in one of this city’s most-popular venues, it’s a unique
opportunity to show your stuff.
StonExpo Education 2008
LAS VEGAS – For StonExpo Marmomacc Americas in 2008, the educational program is sure to play your way.
With selected three-hour workshops offered all day on Oct. 15 and 75-minute seminars on Oct. 16-18, it’s an impressive array – offered with the input and consultation of the Marble Institute of America (MIA) – and the toughest job is trying to pick ‘em.
Too Many Hats
by Tom McNall
In last month’s article, I mentioned one of the biggest problems facing the small business today: Business owners try to do everything themselves. They become the salespeople, the technicians, the installers and the collection agents.
Having The Cutout Work For You #1
An outlet cutout in a full-height backsplash is a relatively simple procedure to demonstrate and teach to a worker learning installation. Unfortunately, it’s also easy to measure or cut one wrong – making it inevitable that even the most-careful of your installers will goof one up along the way.