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.

By Emerson Schwartzkopf    When it comes to U.S. stone importing, 2003 looks like the Year of Granite. Not that any particular stone […]