
Superior Marble & Stone Inc. of Portsmouth, VA, operates out of a 26,000-square-foot facility. Of this space, 10,000 square feet is dedicated to the fabrication shop, which is equipped with a variety of state-of-the-art machinery, enabling the company to fabricate an average of 20 kitchens a week plus about 1,500 square feet of other material.
Superior Marble & Stone Inc. of Portsmouth, VA, is one of the oldest established stone and marble companies in its region. The company's 26,000-square-foot facility and 11 acres of land enables it to handle an average of 20 kitchens per week, and approximately 1,500 square feet of other production work, including marble, Bluestone, fireplaces, vanity tops and furniture tops.

The company has a total of six bridge saws from Sawing Systems Inc. of Knoxville, TN, one of which is a 541-C model.

Superior Marble & Stone Inc.'s most recent purchase was a 511-C automatic profiling bridge saw from Sawing Systems.

The shop also houses a radial arm polishing machine from Sawing Systems.

A Pro-Edge III from Park Industries of St. Cloud, MN, is also in place at the shop.

For more complex stone cutting, the company utilizes an Integrated Flying Bridge waterjet system from Flow International Corp. of Kent, WA.
In addition to the 10,000-square-foot fabrication shop, Superior Marble & Stone Inc.'s vast facility includes 6,000 square feet of office/showroom space and 10,000 square feet of warehouse space. Outside, the company has 11 acres for slab storage, and its retail stone yard, from which the company sells a variety of natural building stone, landscape stone, boulders, sand and gravel.

A vacuum slab lifter from Wood's Powr-Grip Co. Inc. of Mt. Laurel, MT, helps workers move slabs around the facility.

Superior Marble & Stone Inc. employs a staff of 75, which includes 40 fabrication shop workers, who are specialized in certain aspects of fabrication, and all of them are trained on site.
The company recently completed stonework for the Monument to Naval Aviation at the oceanfront in Virginia Beach, VA. The memorial features Mesabi Black granite from Cold Spring Granite Co. of Cold Spring, MN.

For this private residence, employees fabricated a countertop and island out of granite, and installed a flagstone surround to complement the stone tops.

The company also produces furniture tops, such as this tabletop which features bookmatched Honey onyx.
“We work closely with our clients, whether they are individual homeowners or our larger commercial clients, to ensure their experience with natural stone is positive,†said Thompson. “Every satisfied customer is not only our best form of advertising, but more importantly, reflects the individual pride each of our employees and owners feels.â€