Cold Spring Finds LEED® Gold
COLD SPRING, Minn. –The new corporate headquarters of Cold Spring Granite (CSG) may be clad in shades of brown and gray, but it’s certainly green enough to score the gold.
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Check-Off Funds for Stone?
HOLLIS, N.H. – The natural-stone industry may get the chance to fund its own research and promotion through a federally authorized “check-off” program.
Growth Market for Countertops: China
CLEVELAND – There’s still one place in the world with a steady demand for new tops in kitchens and bathrooms: China.
DuPont Drops Certified Granite
WILMINGTON, Del. – After a three-year run, DuPont is out of the granite business.
Calypso Waterjet Ceases
DALLAS – Calypso WaterJet Systems Inc., a U.S. abrasive-waterjet manufacturer closely tied to the stone industry, is apparently out of business.
InnoChem Gets Plastic Associates
DORAVILLE, Ga. – Plastic Associates Manufacting Inc., makers of KBOND adhesives, has been acquired by InnoChem LLC.
More Claims Against Rock Tops
MACOMB, Mich. – Legal actions concerning Rock Tops Inc., the multi-state stone fabrication company that failed in mid-December, continue to grow.
Milligan New VIC President
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Kelly Milligan, a 21-year employee with VIC International Group, is the company’s new president and CEO.
ISFA: New Name, Direction
LEHI, Utah – To make itself a more-cohesive industry group, the International Solid Surface Fabricators Association decided last month to make itself … well, a litle less solid.
Rock Tops: Customers Contacted
MACOMB, Mich. – The countertop-less customers of Rock Tops Inc. got the news – officially – that they won’t be getting what they paid for from the now-defunct fabricator.
Whether they’ll get their money back, however, is still up in the air.