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GANDIN BROTHERS, INC.
P.O. Box 155 / 87 Stone Shed Road,
South Ryegate, VT 05069
Gaylord "Butch" Gandin
Tom Gandin
TEL: 800-433-0617 or 802-584-3521
FAX: 802-584-4053
gandinbros@fairpoint.net
Gandin Brothers, Inc. was established in 1912 by Louis Gandin, and Italian immigrant who was later joined in the 1920's by his brother, Tony. Tony operated the business until his death in 1969; brothers Allen and Butch (Tony's sons) became the leaders with Allen retiring as President in 1992. Butch, along with his son Tom, a third generation member, currently manage the company.
Gandin Brothers strive to maintain their place in the ever-changing granite industry by upgrading equipment and renovations, while maintaining their priorities of providing personalized attention and the highest quality product to each of its customers.
GRANITE CORPORATION OF BARRE / STONESET
A Setting, Restoration & Design Company
1 Edgewood Ave.
Barre, VT 05641
Joseph B. Calcagni
TEL: 802-476-6177 FAX: 802-476-0570
graniteinc@aol.com
jbcalgani@aol.com
www.granitecorporation.com
Joseph B. Calcagni, his wife, Mary Jean Calcagni, and their son, Joseph V. Calcagni, manage and provide the manpower and expertise to provide their customers a first-class professional job in the following areas of the granite and interment industries: creative and functional design, presentation and sale, shop drawings and patterns for placement of finished granite and all natural stone applications.
Joseph B. uses his creativity and experience of 50 years in design and sales to prepare unique solutions to his customer's needs. He and his son check all of their designs--- and those that they contract to set --- closely for structural and aesthetic integrity and detailing.
Joseph V. and his crew use state-of-the-art techniques when setting and jointing projects, which assures the longest possible bonding and structural integrity of the design.
Mary Jean methodically keeps Joseph B. and Joseph V. on schedule and within budget.
Granite Corporation of Barre guarantees their customers an extraordinary design that is well-cut and well-set. The firm services all areas served by Barre granite manufacturers and their dealers. Inquiries for design and quotations are most welcomed by phone or fax and references are available on request.
GRANITE IMPORTERS, INC.
P.O. BOX 712
16 S.Vine Street
Barre, VT 05641
Bruce Colgan
TEL: 802-476-5812/ FAX: 802-476-7349
www.graniteimporters.com
sandyc@graniteimporters.com
Granite Importers, Inc., is Barre's leading architectural stone manufacturer. The company specializes in granite, marble, brownstone and limestone, cubic and curved work as well as sculpture. The company provides complete job management from stone selection, acquisition, engineering, drafting, manufacturing, and finally to site delivery. This management also includes the coordination of subcontract services related to stone supply. As its name implies, Granite Importers supplies stone from all continents as jobs demand.
GRANITE INDUSTRIES OF VERMONT
P.O. Box 537, Vanetti Place
Barre, VT 05641
Jeff Martell
TEL: 800-451-3236 or 802-479-2202
FAX: 802-479-7917
www.granitevermont.com
graniteind@aol.com
A diverse granite manufacturing company, this BGA-member firm produces a wide range of memorial products and building granite and is owned by Jeff Martell and Forrest Rouelle. Sales Manager Paul Bagalio heads up a sales force which includes Rick Lacroix, Bob Winney, George Kries, Diane Clark, Becky Spooner, Nancy St. John, Jeff Martell and Forrest Rouelle. The Office Manager/Bookkeeper is Elizabeth Bean.
The range of memorial products goes from veterans markers to multi-crypt mausoleums. GIV has complete in-house drafting capability to assist the retailer to include rendering, full scale design and setting. Setting on large scale projects is done in conjunction with Granite Corporation (Joe Calcagni).
Granite Industries of Vermont is directed toward providing the monument retailer with a quality product, good service and competitive pricing. Key personnel in production and sales are highly experienced people who provide personalized customer service. While GIV produces only the finest in granite memorialization products, this firm has also provided the granite for the AT&T building in New York City and fabricated the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC.
HILLSIDE STONE PRODUCTS, INC.
P.O. Box 134, 37 Gable Place
Barre, VT 05641
Randall Carbonneau
TEL: 802-479-2508
FAX: 802-479-5438
www.hillsidestone.com
staff@hillsidestone.com
Ed Carbonneau established Hillside Saw Plant, Inc. in 1954 to provide quality custom wire sawing services to local granite manufacturers. Today, with the help of his son, Randy Carbonneau, plant manager, and daughter, Sarah Somerville, corporate secretary, more than half of Hillside's business is in the production of granite building products. These building products include the firm's line of custom CarbonCraft (counters, table tops, and other nonmonumental granite products).
More recently, the firm changed its corporate name to Hillside Stone Products, Inc. and also purchased the stone-working equipment of Grearson & Lane Company. Hillside's product line now includes columns, spheres and other turned products.
HUTCHINS & PERREAULT, INC.
P.O. Box 222
963 East Barre Road
East Barre, VT 05649
Richard Hutchins
TEL: 802-476-8771
FAX: 802-479-5814
JOE'S CUSTOM POLISHING & MANUFACTURING
395 Farwell Street,
Barre, VT 05641
Gerard "Jerry" Perreault, President
TEL: 800-787-4004 / 802-479-9266
FAX: 800-447-9268 or 802-479-0644
joescustompolishing@wizzard.com
www.joescustompolishing.com
Joe's Custom Polishing & Manufacturing is named after Jerry's dad, Joe Perreault who started the company in 1971. Jerry purchased the company from his dad in 1979. Joe still works around the plant along with Jerry several days a week. The polishing portion of the company accounts for 10 percent of the total business. The manufacturing of monuments is the company's mainstay.
The 4,200-square foot plant and accompanying 8,400-square foot warehouse, house three diamond saws, three polishers, one planer, two full time employees and a lot of hard work.
Jerry talks directly to his customers and personally handles the layout and oversees every order. While Jerry also tends to the bookkeeping, his wife Gala, is his trucker. She makes the deliveries and picks up stone in and around Barre.
KINFOLK MEMORIALS
P.O. Box 236, Lowery Road
East Barre, VT 05649
Norm Fournier
TEL: 800-659-1423 / 802-479-1423
FAX: 802-476-3394
Norm & Maggie Fournier operate Kinfolk Memorials in a renovated horse barn located on their 200-year-old family farm. Kinfolk Memorials consists of a 65,000-square foot facility. Maggie serves as boxer, polisher and trucker. Tad Cochran , a cutter is their sole employee. Norm handles everything that's left.
Kinfolk Memorials houses a diamond saw, a polisher and a hand polisher. Splitting of slabs is done by hand.
Product quality, hard work, dedication and pride are what this BGA member bases their success on. Each week they produce about 80 pieces.