Park Industries hosted a Digital Stoneworking Expo on June 17th, 2010. The expo was a strategic planning session for countertop fabricators considering the move to digital production systems.
The expo brought together shops from across the United States and Canada for a one-day educational seminar to learn how digital fabrication can reduce production cost, improve process control, and create marketing advantages to improve their business profitability.
Industry leading fabricators such as Paul Menninger, of Capitol Granite & Marble from Midlothian, VA and StuartYoung of The Granite Shop from Calgary, Canada presented information to stone countertop fabricators. Menninger, 2008 Stone World Fabricator of the Year, spoke about the "Bottom Line" impact of implementing digital technology into his fabrication process and shared many of his financial results. Young focused on the "Transformation of a Manual Shop into a Digital Shop," and shared many of his experiences and financial results as well.
Product demonstrations from industry-leading suppliers included Laser Products Digital Templating Systems and Slabsmith Digital Photo Layout & Slab Inventory Software. Park Application Engineer, Matt Binsfeld explained how the entire digital fabrication process works with the industry-leading Pathfinder software system, the Fusion 4045 CNC Saw/Waterjet and the Titan 1800 CNC Stonecenter.
Park's President, Tom Schlough, said of the event, "It's a great way to understand how all the pieces of digital stoneworking technology work together. We had attendees thank us for the candid and open information presented over the course of the day."
Call Park Industries at 800-328-2309 or check www.parkindustries.com to find out when the next Digital Expo Event is scheduled.
Industry leading fabricators such as Stuart Young (l) of The Granite Shop from Calgary, Canada and Paul Menninger, of Capitol Granite & Marble from Midlothian, VA presented information to stone countertop fabricators.
The Digital Stoneworking Expo, hosted by Park Industries, brought together shops from across the United States and Canada for a one-day educational seminar to learn how digital fabrication can reduce production cost, improve process control, and create marketing advantages to improve their business profitability.
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