The shareholders of the ROCAMAT Group, Messrs. Pierre Brousse, JeanLouis Marpillat, and Franck Rouyer, have agreed to offer the Polycor Group, also a minority shareholder, the opportunity to acquire the company. Polycor France Holding, a subsidiary of the Polycor Group, has announced that it has signed a preliminary offer to … Read more
Continental Cut Stone in Florence, Texas has earned certification to the Natural Stone Sustainability Standard. The company has achieved Gold status for their quarry, which extracts Cordova Cream limestone, Cordova Shell limestone, and Silver status for their fabrication facility. Rob Teel, President of Continental Cut Stone commented, “It has been … Read more
The National Building Granite Quarries Association (NBGQA) has voted to merge with the Natural Stone Institute (NSI) to further advance industry efforts to support quarry advocacy, sustainability, outreach to architects and designers and continued efforts to promote the use of natural stone. The NBGQA was founded more than a century … Read more
The Natural Stone Institute announced that nine applicants have been selected for the inaugural North American Quarry Advocacy Group Steering Committee. Members of the committee are: Byron Davis – Salado USA, Florence, TexasQuade Weaver – TexaStone Quarries, Garden City, TexasAnn Marie Ramos – New England Stone Industries, Smithfield, RIBen Kaus … Read more
Singapore-based investment holding company, Tritech Group Ltd., announced that it will sell its shareholding interest in its subsidiary, Terratech Group. According to a statement from the company, Terratech has exclusive rights to develop, explore, extract, quarry, remove and sell marble products at the Kelantan Marble Quarry in Malaysia until January … Read more
Singapore-based investment holding company, Tritech Group Ltd., announced that it will sell its shareholding interest in its subsidiary, Terratech Group. According to a statement from the company, Terratech has exclusive rights to develop, explore, extract, quarry, remove and sell marble products at the Kelantan Marble Quarry in Malaysia until January … Read more
Elite Industry Group International Ltd., based in Xiamen, China, offers a variety of granite, marble and other natural stone slabs. They are available in both 2cm and 3cm thicknesses in such colors as Black Cosmic (pictured here), Kosmos, Costa Esmerelda, White Supreme, Andromeda White, Aran White and Leopard. The company also offers … Read more