PIEDRA Moves Ahead in 2006
MADRID – Piedra 2006 turned in another record-breaking performance this May, both in attendance and exhibitors.
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Carrara Sees 2006 Increase
CARRARA, Italy – The upturn in the European stone market made its mark at CarraraMarmotec 2006 earlier this summer, with an increase in attendance and exhibitors.
Pakistani Leaders Back Stone
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan – This country’s top government leaders – President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz – made it a point here on June 24 to commit Pakistan to developing marble and granite reserves and provide economic stimulation to underdeveloped areas.
ITSS Changes Name, Delays NYC Show
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – In a widening of its market offering, the International Tile and Stone Show (ITSS) is now Source Expo.
Italian Exports Up in Early 2006
CARRARA, Italy – Dimensional-stone exports from Italy grew slightly in volume
and higher in value during the first quarter of 2006, according to a report from
Internazionale Marmi e Macchine (IMM).
Eos Expands Distrubution, Seeks Patent
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Eos, manufacturer of 3cm solid surface, is set to open four regional distribution centers this month in Los Angeles, California, Chattanooga, Tenn., Manchester, N.H. and a location in south central Ohio.
Minneapolis Central Library, Minneapolis
By Todd Messelt
MINNEAPOLIS – When the new Minneapolis Central Library opened to the public in May 20, it came more than 20 years after the first grumbling about the need for an upgraded. Like most larger public projects, the campaign to build a new library was a decades-long, on-again off-again affair that crested and waned with the crisscrossing tides of public opinion, political wrangling and economic reality.
Diamonds: A Fabricator’s Best Friend
By Jerry Paul, Tom Gjerstad and Brent Ford
Machinery will only operate as well as your tools. Don’t cut corners to save a few dollars on tooling; the $50 that you might save up front will probably cost you thousands of dollars in efficiencies and lost fabricating opportunities.
Stasswender’s Southwest Marble and Granite Inc., Austin, Texas
By K. Schipper
AUSTIN, Texas –There’s something about the idea of a company flowing smoothly from one generation to the next that lurks in the soul of most business founders.
Bob Stasswender will tell you that reality can sometimes throw up a speed bump.
More Solid Than Rock
By Mark Lauzon
As many of you know by now, I administer www.stoneadvice.com, a very cool (and I don’t mind saying so) and useful place for slab fabricators. We started the site just about a year ago.