Business Success for Fabricators & Commercial Contractors

What makes stone fabricators successful?  Whether your interest is the residential or commercial stone market, this event has something for you!  The agenda includes break-out sessions to accommodate your learning needs.

By attending this event, you will gain the following insight:

Residential sections
Join instructor GK Naquin as he discusses:

• Analyzing the cost of doing business. Learn more about how adjustments to your operating cost affect your ability to competitively price your product.
• Benchmarks for financial performance. Learn how your company compares to other fabricators (note: you’ll obtain executive summaries of the 2009 fabricator financial benchmarking surveys produced by the Profit Planning Group on behalf of the MIA). A great resource to review with your accountant and management team.
• Discussion on diversifying your operations. Obtain tips to expand your current offering of products and services.

Commercial sections
Join instructor Charles Muehlbauer as he discusses:

• Stone Anchorage & Cladding.  Learn more about exterior stone Anchorage Systems (Stone panels Handset to Masonry substrates and Stud frame walls, Soffit anchorage, Preassembled steel frame or stone-clad precast systems, Anchor Testing, and Adhered Stone Veneer).
• Specification compliance. Obtain tips about specification compliance and how to avoid being caught off guard.

All attendees will benefit from:

• Equipment needs. Just look at the sponsor list – many of these companies will be attending the seminar. Spend time face-to-face time discussing your needs with them at this event.
• Showcasing techniques and tips for templating, fabrication and installation. You are bound to pick up a handful of ideas of other fabricators attending the event – well worth the price of admission.
• Marketing your company.  Join the discussion about how to position your company and your product with architects, designers, and homeowners. This will include how offering CEUs (continuing education units) to architects and designers is a win-win proposition for your company.
• Value of being an MIA accredited fabricator. Learn first hand from the instructors and how becoming an accredited shop can impact your business.
• Networking. The most important reason to join this industry event!

Instructors:
GK Naquin, Stone Interiors
Chuck Meuhlbauer, Marble Institute of America 

Target Audience:
Business owners, fabrication supervisors/managers, marketing professionals, and other employees identified for succession planning within your company.

Welcome from the Minneapolis Host Committee!
The host committee is comprised of over a dozen Minneapolis area stone companies who are working diligently to make this seminar a success. Plan on joining them at this industry event.

Agenda

Venue

Amsum & Ash
30 52nd Way NE
Fridley, MN 55421
www.amsumash.com

Host Hotel

Crowne Plaza Minneapolis North
2200 Freeway Boulevard
Brooklyn Center, MN 55430
Phone: 763.566.8000
*Ask for the Marble Institute discounted rate ($83/night)- expires September 7th

Special Thanks to:

Granite City Tool
St.Cloud, MN