Joe Duszka, president of Carolina Custom Surfaces (CCS) in Greensboro, NC and Stone World’s 2021 Fabricator of the Year, is laser-focused on growing and diversifying his business wherever he can.

Stone World and the Natural Stone Institute are set for the Stone Industry Education (SIE) event scheduled for Thursday, May 4, 2023 in the Salt Lake City, UT, area. MSI will sponsor the all-day town-hall-style Stone Summit at its facility, located at 2291 S. Commerce Center Dr., suite 400 in West Valley City, UT.

A group of fabricators share their experiences with back-ups in their shop and how they worked to overcome them

Old World Granite & Stone (TX) experienced tremendous growth in production when the owners made a large investment to upgrade their fabrication shop with machinery from Park Industries

At the New Mexico Stone Summit, Blake Christensen of Valley View Granite in Salt Lake City, UT, shared ideas on how to diversify a stone business, build efficiency and train to industry standards

During a Fabricator Forum at Coverings in Las Vegas, NV, Joey Marcella of Mario & Son in Liberty Lake, WA, outlined what fabricators need to know about transitioning to cubic work

A part-time job as a CAD programmer while in college forged a path for one young fabricator to embark on his own journey into the stone industry

Echo Lake granite from Coldspring fulfilled the architect’s vision for the updates to Frederik Meijer Gardens – connecting the community, land and arts 

With the challenge of finding competent employees, also comes the task of retaining the ones you have.

Listen here to Jason Kamery, Stone World Managing and Group Digital Editor, interview Ralph Morgan, director of Environment and Sustainability at Polycor, Inc.