Stone People: Not Quite an Exit Strategy
One generation’s move from the corporate life to stone fabrication becomes another’s gateway to business.
Category: Articles
What is ERP (and Why it’s Profitable to Find Out)
Integrating company workflow into a single system offers multiple benefits.
Stone People: Amping Up the Business
A guitarist-turned-fabricator expands his offerings and keeps in tune with the market.
Stone People: Finding the Direct Route
Wholesale work lifted a California fabricator in the go-go years, but switching to a retail focus is key to long-term survival.
Stone People: The Rocky Road to Recovery
Thomas Reaume’s Michigan fabrication shop continues to meet challenging times … even as he moves on.
Stone Catches Top CID Awards
Both grand prizes for Coverings include plenty of natural stone in designs.
Stone People: Back Again (and Again and …)
A California fabricator’s business life goes topsy-turvy after selling his company seven years ago, but it’s looking better with the help of a unique shop-sharing situation.
Block Slabbing at the Quarry
Minimizing production and transport costs is behind this effort of block extraction, squaring and slabbing operations in-line at the quarry site.
Minneapolis Mausoleum Tops 2012 Pinnacle Awards
Grazzini Brothers & Company gets Grand Pinnacle.
Stone People: Finding the Best Solution
A Utah fabricator started with a rail saw and plenty of elbow grease, but more success came when he stepped away from the tools.
