U.S. stone imports keep growing.

  A colorful local rock is an odds-on favorite in Las Vegas.

There’s a slight bit of slowdown in 2005 U.S. dimensional-stone imports.

  A father-daughter partnership fuels this second-generation Michigan stone shop.

  U.S. dimensional-stone imports top $2 billion in value.

  A move back to the hometown leads to a production-level countertop-fabrication facility.

  “Clean” cutters gain traction in the stone trade.

  Imported monuments cut into domestic stone industry.

  Pollux Manufacturing starts mass-production of countertops from Day One.

  Import growth continues through 2004.