A&S Manager Adivaldo Alves had worked in the stone industry in the Boston area for 17 years, and the Brazil native is working in partnership with one of his countrymen, Agnaldo de Souza, who is the president of the company. All of the material processed by A&S is imported from Brazil, and popular materials include standards such as Ubatuba, Butterfly and Santa Cecila, in addition to some more exotic granites. The company keeps a total of 300 slabs in stock, and it maintains an inventory of approximately 40 colors.
The first piece of equipment purchased by A&S was a Marmoelettromeccanica/Regent Storm bridge saw from Regent Stone Products of Virginia Beach, VA. The saw is a semi-automatic unit that features a rotating table with quick locking at 0, 45 and 90 degrees and manual lock at any degree. The saw also has laser beam alignment and a tilting head from 0 to 45 degrees. The Storm has a maximum blade diameter of 20 inches, and can handle a maximum cutting size of 12 x 12 feet and a maximum cutting thickness of 20 inches.