Everyone knows when you buy that shiny new saw — or the CNC with all the bells and whistles — in order for those machines to function properly with a long lifespan, they need regular on-going maintenance.

John Banta, one of the owners of Montana Tile & Stone Fabricators, is the third generation of his family in the stone and tile business.

The new Fusion® S series maintains the efficiency of cutting out a fully nested slab in minimal time, optimizing every inch of valuable material.

Founded in 1956 by Roger Clausen, VT Industries remains a family-owned business — now under the leadership of its third generation.

The Nominating Committee for Stone World magazine has named Marco Duran of Atlas Marble and Granite in Springfield, NJ, as Fabricator of the Year.

The future is seemingly bright for the U.S. stone fabrication sector, according to a survey conducted by the Market Research Department at BNP Media (Stone World’s parent company).

Take a look at the annual Fabricating Technology products for 2015

Bovone Diamond Tool (BDT) of Ovada, Italy, a division of Bovone, a premier glass and stone fabrication equipment manufacturer, introduced a new line of CNC diamond tooling and solid rubber polishing wheels specifically for the stone industry

Like most fabricators in the industry, Chris Garten, president of Signature Countertops, Inc. in Scottsburg, IN, started out using luan strips to template.

In 2007-08, Brian Johnson, president of Johnson Granite, Inc. in Mount Airy, NC, made a decision to help the longevity of his company.