Natural Stone Still Viable? An Architectural Roundtable Natural stone has long been a standard choice when it comes to the architectural designs, and it continues to be so even with the modern features of today. Stone World took the chance to delve into the subject a...

Learning About Home Granite Countertop Tools at an SBA Event There are many people who work in the fabrication industry. Some deal in crafting fiberglass or wood and others with different types of stone. There are many materials used to create both works of art as...

Smart Stone Shop Safety Practices Employment within the stone industry has posed many dangers to individuals for a long time now. It's been an issue for individuals for years. OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) regularly adjusts its guidelines that...

Granite Fabrication Tools: What you need to know In today’s world of fast-paced technology and innovation it is very easy to fall behind. For the average person, trying to renovate or modify your home to your own specific tastes can be a very difficult challenge....

New Types of Stone From India After decades of mining the same types of stone, new kinds of stone with rich colors and patterns are still being found in mines within India. The rich geology and biological diversity of the region mean that miners find a lot of new...

The Alternatives of Water Recycling People who operate a fabrication shop with granite tools, granite blades, quartzite blade, or some type of similar equipment may be in the market for water treatment system. This is an important decision that can have a large impact...

Reviving a Quarry and an Industry The Arizona Marble Company has reopened under new ownership after being closed in 1937. This is a major blessing and a huge boon to the granite table top industry. Clyde Turnball, F.G. Moffat, and Gerald Hughes all worked together to...

Merging Innovation and Contemporary Design When it comes to unique design, the new Hinsdale residence in Illinois might be the best representative. This residence stretches over two stories and is formally nicknamed as the "Art House" since every room has some type of...

Safe Product Handling Important For Profits In today's modern world, customer needs and wants continue to change, influenced by trends in design. Countertops become larger and custom requests become more common. For fabricators working directly with end customers and...

The Numerous Benefits Of Using CNC Technology For Fabrication The Fabricators Numerous fabricators have shared how their investment in machinery and technology has increased their performance and benefited their businesses. CNC machines enable a faster, more efficient...

Equipment for Handling Granite Materials Granite is a type of rock used notably for kitchen counters or floor tiles, but its density makes it very heavy and special types of equipment must be used to handle it with care. There are granite tools that can be used to...

Important Details for Purchasing Source Quartz There is an increasing demand for quartz today especially as quartz is used as a crucial part of many of the components that are brought together to create smartphones and ipads. While quartz occurs naturally in the...

Photo Source: www.cosentino.com Supermodel Cindy Crawford Is the New Face of Silestone We are proud to announce Cindy Crawford has officially become the new face of Silestone across the globe. As the Cosentino Group, we are well known as an international leader in...

Expo Wrapup: Coverings 2017 We just got back from one of the biggest shows of the year, Coverings 2017. It was a great show with over 25,000 stone and tile people who rolled into Orlando to see the newest design trends in the stone and tile industry. I guess this is a...

TISE 2017 RECAP We had a great time doing our Exhibit a the TISE 2017 this year. Doug, Ruben, and Josh were all hands on deck for the entire week preparing, setting up, meeting with customers and hitting the tables. The fabrication tables that is. As we walked through...

Ways to Increase Your Profit Margin (Part 4) This is our final installment in our "Ways to Increase Your Profit Margin" Series of blog posts.  We hope that you have been able to take all of these to help increase your bottom line profits and buy yourself a little...

Ways to Increase Your Profit Margin (Part 3) Welcome to Part 3 of our ongoing series on ways to increase your shop’s profits Use warm water for your polishers This does not apply to fab shops with no cold weather, but we service shops all over the country and our...

Ways to Increase Your Profit Margin (Part 2) Hopefully you have found some success by implementing our profit-building ideas from our last post.  If not, take some time this morning and figure out a plan to start making more money.  In this post, we are going to talk...

Ways to Increase Your Profit Margin (Part 1) You work hard for your money and nothing is more anger inducing than seeing the profits from that hard work lost to waste or unnecessary costs. Here are some ideas that some fabrication shops implemented to increase the...

How to increase fabrication efficiency Some of the factors that can determine whether a fabrication shop lives or dies are out of the owners’ and shop managers’ control. Which makes it that much more important that they handle the factors that are in their control,...