The Stone Industry Education series presented by the Natural Stone Institute and Stone World recently received a solid turnout at M S International, Inc.’s showroom in Deerfield Beach, FL
On Thursday, March 22, the Natural Stone Institute (NSI) and Stone World magazine held the second in a series of 10 stone industry education seminars tailored to the attendee and the topics most important to fabricators. The all-day event was sponsored by M S International, Inc. (MSI) at its facility in Deerfield Beach, FL. With 33 fabricators from 25 companies and a total of 60 attendees, the workshop -- with its “Town Hall” environment -- was deemed a success.
The morning session was led by industry leader and the 2015 Stone World Fabricator of the Year winner Eric Tryon who started Premier Surfaces in Atlanta, GA, in 2002, and today is the chief executive officer of Clio Holdings, the parent company for a constellation of brands that includes leading countertop and specialty surface suppliers and fabricators in the U.S. The following were the objectives covered by Tryon during his discussion: