The granite was specified as 3.5- x 2.3-foot panels in a thickness of 1 inch, and a total of 6,500 square feet of material was supplied in all. “We are very excited to be chosen for a project in China,†said Jean St. Onge, vice president of sales at Polycor, which is based in the province of Quebec. “It illustrates how good a stone Nordic Black is and how Polycor can supply stone to anywhere in the world.†This project is of particular interest, as only 10% of China's total imports come from North America.
Polycor supplied the rough blocks of Nordic Black from its quarries in Canada to Universal Marble & Granite Group (UMGG) in Beijing, which fabricated the material into exterior panels. “Universal Marble & Granite Group is the largest stone factory in China,†said Christine Lee, Polycor's sales representative in China. “They did an excellent job of arranging the panels.â€