With 35 members across North America, the fabricators of the Artisan Group have enacted a variety of green fabrication practices in their shops. 

As a fabricator for the new residential construction market, Moscone Marble of Vaughan, Ontario, Canada has experienced significant growth since its inception in 1990.

In this forum, members of the Stone Fabricators Alliance discuss methods to increase efficiency within the stone fabrication shop.

Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX, opened its doors to more fanfare than any other sports venue in history, and the facility’s design - enhanced with a pallet of premium stone materials from around the globe - lived up to the high expectations.

In this online forum, conducted at www.StoneAdvice.com, stone fabricators discuss the latest issues they are facing with regard to countertop installation.

By following a few simple steps, high-quality sink cut-outs can be executed in as little as 10 minutes.

By offering sinks to their customers, fabricators can reap double benefits - complementing the countertop and supplementing overall profits.

For less than $20, a template for sink cut-outs can be made with optimum speed and efficiency.

Question: How are people templating their countertops these days? It seems more shops have gone digital, but it is not universal - even when people have CNC machines, waterjets, etc. For fabricators who are using digital templating systems, how long did it take for you to learn? Were your templating employees hesitant to make the change? Were there any mistakes or lessons to be learned? For folks who are templating manually, what are you using, and what has prevented you from making the switch to digital?