Articles Tagged with ''stone quarry''

For years, the Marble Institute of America (MIA) has led study tours to quarries around the U.S., Canada and abroad.

Wynnchurch Capital, a leading middle-market and private-equity firm, has acquired the assets of Indiana Limestone Co., the largest dimensional limestone quarrier and fabricator in the U.S. Wynnchurch acquired the assets out of bankruptcy.

Of the top five stone supplying nations to the U.S. market, Brazil is the only one located in the Southern Hemisphere.

Clifford Hammond, 81, owner of North Shore Stone quarry in Flatrock, OH, and a stoneyard in Columbus, OH, passed away on April 7, 2014.

Last month, I was invited to join the Stone Fabricator’s Alliance on a tour of Italy — visiting machinery and tool manufacturers as well as stone quarriers and suppliers.

When Thor Granitos — now the largest industrial exporter of processed granites in Latin America — first opened its factory doors in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1986, a relatively small staff was employed to handle the daily operations of its 490,000-square-foot facility.

In Vitória, Brazil, this year, Stone World attended the annual stone industry gathering in one of the most important stone-producing countries in the world.

Since 1990, Brazilian natives Celio and Zelto Andrade have been dedicated to providing their customers with products and services that exceed their expectations through their stone business, Grupo Andrade.

Building on the library research it has already commissioned, the Marble Institute of America (MIA) has announced the completion of two new granite and radon/radiation studies focusing on the occupational safety of quarry and fabrication workers.

Clifford Hammond, 81, of Columbus, OH, passed away April 7, 2014 at his residence.