On our last day in the Bay Area we were welcomed into the manufacturing facility of Vetrazzo, LLC by Karen Righthand, VP of Marketing, and John Sabol, VP of Manufacturing. The company is based in Richmond, CA and makes a solid surfacing material marketed as Vetrazzo that is composed of 83% recycled glass aggregate added to [...]
 
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  by aleida, on December 13th, 2009Image courtesy of IceStone web site In late September we toured the IceStone manufacturing facility in Brooklyn, New York (the recap is here), and at Greenbuild 2009 we were able to speak with one of the company’s two founders, Miranda Magagnini. She and co-founder Peter Strugatz went into business together in 2003. Miranda [...] by kevin, on December 9th, 2009Image courtesy of EnviroGLAS web site Terrazzo is an ancient building application. No one is absolutely certain of its origin or exact age, but it’s been found in buildings dating back thousands of years. Many believe the modern version we would easily recognize started in Venice. It was invented by Venetian builders as a [...] |
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