Last year, the Vitória Stone Fair was rebranded as the Vitória Stone Fair/Marmomacc Latin America in an attempt to combine business with design and product culture, while also offering training courses for architects and industry professionals.

Brothers José Geraldo and Jose Antonio Guidoni founded Guidoni Group in 1989 in Espirito Santo, Brazil. Since then Guidoni has grown swiftly, becoming one of the most prominent producers and exporters of granite among companies in Brazil.

Now that the holidays are over and the New Year has begun, it is time for us to get back to business.

The exhibition, which now includes StonExpo/Marmomacc Americas, Surfaces and TileExpo all under one roof, will be open from January 21 to 23, and the education program will run from January 20 through January 23.

Set in Blanco, TX, is a 4,350-square-foot, L-shaped residence, built for a couple that wanted their dream retirement home.

KMT Waterjet Systems Inc., a leading global manufacturer of ultra-high pressure pumps and components for waterjet systems, has announced the production of the new Waterjet Streamline SL-VI series pump.

This Stone of the Month is supplied by Cosmos Granite & Marble of Raleigh, NC. Technical details provide a frame of reference only.

The LCV-711M-V/O from Marmo Meccanica NA is an alternative to the “V-Grooving” method, and permits polishing on a continuous mode to produce “L” borders ready to be glued onto kitchen countertops.

Alpha Professional Tools introduces the VO blade for V/O-Cutting — a new method of cutting which is an alternative method to V-Grooving when making thicker waterfall edges appear to have only one seam.

Former stone industry veteran Pennie L. Sabel passed away suddenly on November 26, 2014 in Leesburg, FL. She was born in Plymouth, IN., on November 21, 1946 and grew up on a poultry farm near Grovertown, IN.