Despite the pandemic, Stone Resources recently opened its second shop – fully automated and equipped to operate efficiently to meet its customers’ needs
Part of the FS Builder Resources’ family, Stone Resources continues to advance and expand its business through automation. With its largest location in Carrollton, TX, the stone fabrication company recently opened a second shop in Pflugerville, TX, a suburb of Austin. While it encountered several obstacles and delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the state-of-the-art facility opened the first week of October, only two months after its originally scheduled grand opening date.
Although its footprint is smaller than the Carrollton shop, which has been in operation for 17 years, every inch of workspace is being utilized to house a full lineup of the most technically advanced equipment, including two Robo SawJets and an Edge XL stone CNC router, edger and stone polishing machine – all from BACA Systems, a water recycling system from Water Treatment Solutions and a LTX COMBI line polisher from Marmo Meccanica. “We wanted to be all automated,” said General Manager Rich Adducci, who has been working in the industry for 30 years. “It makes it more productive. We can get as much done as we are doing in our facility [near Dallas] that has 30,000 square feet more space. Our production is going to be a lot easier and more automated than what we have been doing.”