A few months ago, I drove up to Massachusetts to visit Cumar, Inc., who is featured in this edition of the Stone World Fabricator E-News. This company was actually one of the first trips I made to a fabrication shop back in the late 1990s. A lot has definitely changed since my first visit, but it wasn't always an easy road, as owner Ivo "Angelo" Cubi shares.
Since Cumar started in 1992, the business has certainly multiplied in terms of employees, equipment and production, and plans are in the works for future expansion. But the shop did experience difficult times, along with most others, during the economic downturn. Cubi explains how he had to take time to re-strategize in order to keep his business going and build upon it for success. And in the end, it has paid off.