The Marble Institute of America’s (MIA) Accreditation Program has experienced its most active quarter of growth since the program’s first three months in existence, According to a recent release by the association. Activity in the commercial arena has been especially encouraging and is a sign that the economic conditions that … Read more
The Granite Guys, located in Alberta, Canada, was founded nine years ago by Ken and Loma Usselman. They had already owned Call Canadian Plumbing & Heating Ltd. for more than a decade, but they recognized that the granite countertop market was underserved in the area. Soon after opening their new business, they realized … Read more
Integra Adhesives, supplier of pre-colored cartridge based adhesives for laminating, mitring and seaming quartz, natural stone and solid surface launched an online store for its North American fabricator customers. The new store allows fabricators to place orders any time, any day of the week. Designed to be fast, accurate and user … Read more
Oldcastle Surfaces, headquartered in Atlanta, is one of the largest countertop fabricators in North America, with six regional locations in the Southeast. Now part of a large family of businesses under the CRH umbrella (which employs 76,000 people in 35 countries), it was originally founded by one man fabricating solid … Read more
Here is an interesting video produced by the Discovery Channel and posted by Quality Tile and Marble, a fabricator located in Grimes, Iowa. The video, titled “Granite – How it’s Made” shows the process of extracting granite blocks from a quarry. I then shows how the granite blocks are cut … Read more
Stone Forensics will be conducting a Stone Inspector training program June 24 to 27 in San Diego. The program is designed to teach the basics of inspecting stone and ceramic tile installations. According to Fred Hueston, who will be conducting the training, “The amount of failures, poor installations and other … Read more
The International Surface Fabricators Association (ISFA) announced that it will be holding a hands-on Stone/Quartz Total Fabrication Training class for those who wish to learn how to fabricate quartz surfacing, granite and other natural stone. The class, taught by Dr. Fred Hueston, a well known stone industry expert, will be … Read more