The EDGE

Feb. 20, 2014 - Vol. 3, No. 5

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New Products!

CNC machines, polishing system, super-panel porcelain, heavy-duty dolly and more.

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Stone People: The Maine Ingredient

Matt Qualey started out as an accidental fabricator, but his expanding business is anything but a fluke.

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2013 Quartz Imports: A New Height

Spain and Israel provided the bulk of quartz slabs last year, but China helped spark the 41% overall increase from 2012.

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News Update

• Polycor acquires the Alberene Soapstone Co. and its quarry in Virginia. MORE

 

•  Former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin is convicted on federal corruption charges, including the acceptance of a load of granite slabs as a bribe at his family fabrication business. MORE

 

• Macael, Spain -- one of the oldest active marble-quarrying sites in Europe --  plans on attracting industrial tourism with a new Marble Interpretation Center. MORE.

 

Upcoming Events

• Stone Fabricators Alliance "Mitering, Installation and Marble" workshop, Mobile, Ala., March 6-7. MORE

• North Carolina Stone Summit, Raleigh, N.C., March 20. MORE

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Emerson Schwartzkopf

Editor, The EDGE, Stone Update

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