A discussion held during a recent stone industry event organized by Stone World and the Natural Stone Institute turned to the hot topic of understanding the makeup of quartzite, meeting customer expectations about the material and how to cut it  
 

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 diversity a stone business, build efficiency and train to industry standards

Industry professionals demonstrate to fabricators attending the Omaha Stone Summit the proper method to seal natural stone 

Stone World recently had the opportunity to sit down with Sandya Dandamudi of GI Stone in Chicago, IL, who was the recipient of Stone World’s 2020 Fabricator of the Year Award, to talk about recent updates to her shop. 

Many of the businesses tend to think money is the only thing that matters and that is why employees are leaving them or not joining them. 

Organized by Stone World and the Natural Stone Institute, the town hall-style educational sessions are designed to bring fabricators of the region together to learn and share experiences. Check out some highlights of the event.

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

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.