Serra, Espírito Santo, Brazil -- Established in 2007 by two brothers, Fernando and Daniel Xavier, Brothers In Granite recently celebrated its 10th anniversary as a producer and exporter of its own slabs primarily to the North American market, with a business model to be a bridge between buyers and sellers from Brazil and the U.S. The company was started in the brothers' family house using a laptop computer and lots of passion for the industry, combined with hard and honest work. The business rapidly grew and nowadays "the family," as it is called, has its own warehouse located in Serra, Espírito Santo, Brazil, with a total of 15 direct employees and over $4 million per year of sales.
"We buy our own blocks from many quarries in Brazil, which some of them, such as Supreme White marble, we have close partnerships, and we are focused on exporting mainly to fabricators all over in the U.S.," said Renato Furtado of Brothers In Granite.