Natural stone is quarried from benches, also called walls, of open face or even underground quarries from all over the world. Quarries have layers that allow material to be excavated deep in the ground however benches are walls that are cut from the face of the quarry allowing large portions of the material to be portioned and cut. Each section is cut into 25-40-ton blocks. Different sections of quarries produce different variations of stone. All the patterns and colors have been formed over millions of years based on the mineral content.

After the quarrying – the blocks are brought from extremely remote areas to production factories where the large block of natural stone (like a loaf of bread) is cut or sliced with both diamond wire saws and gang saws. Once the block is cut into slabs, based on the desired thickness, the slabs begin a length process of resin treatment that include microwave and oven heating elements to ensure the stone accepts the strengthen to the fullest capacity. This where micro fissures or pitting is filled before the polishing process. After slabs are resin – this is the beginning of the calibration and polishing stage. This includes polishing lines of 12-24 polishing heads isolating motion on conveyer belts at different abrasive grits to bring out the polishing of the stone. This allows precise thickness of the slabs to the millimeter. Every material requires a special sequence of polishing to ensure the highest gloss level is reached. This sequence is only obtained by many years of experience with natural stone processing.

After polishing – the slabs are carefully inspected for any defects that would require reprocessing, the slabs are then packaged in wood bundles and loaded into containers and shipped via cargo vessels to our port