In total, Evans Stoneworks’ facility is comprised of approximately 260,000 square feet, including the fabrication facility, an outdoor storage area for raw materials and an outdoor area for finished goods. Additionally, the company has three locations in the Cincinnati area that are specific to wholesale, retail and sales, and each one measures around 50,000 square feet.
The fabrication facility houses a range of machinery from Park Industries, including a Thinstone TXS 5500 flat machine, a TSX 4500 thinstone corner machine and a Jaguar bridge saw, as well as two Hydrasplit stationary stone splitter machines - a 3-foot and a 5-foot. The shop is also equipped with a sorter from Nirox of Belfast, Ireland, and a tumbler from Right Manufacturing Systems, Inc. of Lindon, UT. The company also relies on bulldozers, front-wheel loaders, backhoes and forklifts for the quarries, the processing operation and the finished goods area, according to Matt Henderson, the company’s divisional manager.