Materials Marketing Limited recently acquired the A. J. Brauer Stone Company in Jarrell, Texas. This addition will help expand the MML product line with new stone colors, sizes and architectural stone materials including interior and exterior stone veneer. The company is in the process of building a new factory utilizing solar power and adhering to LEED standards that will keep the facility and all materials eco-friendly and sustainable. This facility will also continue to produce value added finished architectural stone from other quarries in Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma.
“We are very pleased to be expanding to U.S. based manufacturing. This addition to our company will be a major contributor by adding new products and materials as well as improving our manufacturing capabilities,” said Jim Rymer, MML CEO. “Architects, designers and homeowners will have new products to choose from in the design of staircases, fireplaces, columns, fountains and just about anything else they can dream up.”
Several of the new architectural stone materials include:
John Valentine- Vice President.
John Valentine has spent 32 years in the stone and tile business in the United States and Europe, in all areas of sales, marketing, product development and contracting.
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