From September 18 to 20, 2016 the MIA+BSI hosted a fall study tour in Vermont in conjunction with their newly formed New England Chapter.

Using the knowledge he gained from running porcelain factories for many years, Luo Shengxiang made the leap to quartz surfacing in 2006 when he founded Nande Quartz Stone.

Currently, the company operates four quarries in South Dakota, one in Minnesota and is in the process of opening three sites in Wyoming for Red sandstone, Teton Taupe and Casper White.

The Stone Fabricator’s Alliance (SFA) put together for the sixth year an educational tour to give fabricators insight to areas of the industry they may not know about.

With more than 200 employees, Rama Arts & Exports of Kaladwas, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, has secured a reputation as a leading manufacturer of semi-precious slabs and customized stonework, as well as other exotic material.

In order to keep up with market demands, Tab, headquartered in Jaipur, India, has gone through continuous expansion and updating of its machinery.

Delaware Quarries, Inc. is a company rich in history. Headquartered in New Hope, PA, the stone producer maintains seven locations along the East Coast.

Since 1932, the D’Amico family has invested in its Avondale Brownstone quarrying operation — making it the only source of the material that is distributed nationwide

The Marble Institute of America and Building Stone Institute (MIA+BSI) held a one-day study tour of factories in the Shuitou Fujian stone region during the Xiamen Stone Fair, in Xiamen, China.

Granitos S/A of Caucaia, in the state of Ceara, Brazil, is headquartered in the northeast region of the country and was established in 1988.