NEW YORK – When someone talks about a moving experience at a memorial, they usually aren’t talking about a stone monument literally heading down the street. And yet that’s what happened here earlier this summer, at the most-famous spot in recent U.S. history.
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. The event on May 31-June 3 drew 20,380...
MADRID – Piedra 2006 turned in another record-breaking performance this May, both in attendance and exhibitors. The biennial stone event drew 17,407 exclusive attendees, marking a 6.2-percent increase from the last Piedra in 2004....
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – In a widening of its market offering, the International Tile and Stone Show (ITSS) is now Source Expo. The event will focus on stone, tools, machinery and flooring, according to...
From one perspective, the green building movement is one of the worst things that can happen to the U.S. stone industry. From another viewpoint, it’s one of the best.
By K. Schipper
BUFORD, Ga. – In the future, more buildings will look like the Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center (GEHC). And that could be good news for stone suppliers – even those with spoiled stones on their hands.
By Tom McNall
Some in the natural-stone industry view restoration and maintenance as a janitorial job handled by unschooled individuals with low skills. Others view it as a professional service needing respect.
Editor's note: In the first part of this series, the author detailed the three initial steps — Planning, Determining Your Offer and List Selection — for successful electronic direct-mail efforts to sell stone and stone-related products. He concludes with the final three: Creative, Testing and Rollout.
Architects and designers have long valued stone as a building material for its beauty, permanence and sense of monumental prestige. In many ways, the history of architecture is the history of stone construction, says Peter Loughney, director of market development and technical services for the Michigan office of the International Masonry Institute (IMI).
By K. Schipper
Is laser cutting it in the monument industry?