Marmo Meccanica presents the world’s first flat polish and threshold machine. 

Susan Van Etten is part of a fourth generation team that runs Chicago, IL-based Murphy Marble Co., a long-standing custom fabrication shop, as well as its sister company, Galloy & Van Etten, which is more than 120 years old

Leonardo Rapaj first started working with stone in his home country of Albania. He made his way through Greece, Italy, Switzerland and France, working with stone before finding his way to the U.S. In 2001, Leonardo’s Marble & Granite opened its doors in Farmington Hills, MI.

My favorite thing to say about us is: ‘We are not the best stone company in Chicago because we are the oldest. We are the oldest, because we are the best,’” said Tom Van Etten, when speaking about his family owned business Galloy & Van Etten, which was started in 1899.