“It's our friend, and it's our enemy, too,†explained Pat DeSavino, the Managing Partner of CoratoStone, who said the company sells primarily to kitchen and bath dealers. “ We basically service any dealer within a 100-mile radius.â€
CoratoStone was formed as a subsidiary of DeSavino & Sons, which is a fabricator of solid surface products such as Corian. DeSavino's father, Nicholas DeSavino emigrated from Italy to America in 1954 and began working in cabinetry and furniture. For the next 32 years, the company operated in that trade as a family-owned business, and it began working with DuPont solid surface countertops in 1984. From there, the company moved into the wholesale trade in 1990. The latest move came in August of 2001, when it opened a new stone division, CoratoStone, which is named for the Italian city where the family's matriarch was raised. Today, in addition to Pat DeSavino, who serves as secretary of DeSavino & Sons as well as CoratoStone, other officers include Dino DeSavino, who is president of both companies, and Mario DeSavino, who is vice president of both companies.