Clearly, the U.S. stone fabrication sector is on the rebound, and it has been for a couple of years. However, it appears that optimism in the industry is at a level that hasn’t been this high since before the recession. A large majority of fabricators saw increased business in 2013, and they are planning significant investments in their business due to a positive short-term and long-term outlook. These are the results of a survey conducted by the Market Research Department at BNP Media (Stone World’sparent company), and it polled fabricators across the U.S., including large and small firms as well as relatively new and well-established companies.
Speaking on the coming year, a total of 74% of fabricators said they expected sales revenue to increase. Another 22% said that it would stay the same, and only 2% are predicting business to decline in 2014.