Patel Marble and Granites Industries

Indian stone in the U.S.: a decade of change; Although Indian stone exports to the U.S. have increased by 650% over the past 10 years, the major players from the early days have gone in very different directions over the past decade.
Stone World; 8/1/2004; 3372 words; ...1993, the stone industry in the U.S. found...door for Indian granite as a building stone...International. "Black granite was popular in monuments...death." Black granite from India eventually...other Indian black granites on the market as...2 million; and marble imports ...

Crabtree Valley, N.C., Sheraton Hotel to Get Massive Renovation.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 2/26/2002; 924 words; ...With the Triangle hospitality industry suffering through its worst slump...to refinish its public areas in marble and granite and install a $275,000 phone...81-room hotel owned by Gordhan Patel, which opened in August at 4912...

New option: laminate flooring.
Builder; 6/1/1996; 1308 words; ...laminate to make up 5 percent of the flooring industry by 2000. Right now the flooring industry is split among carpet/rug (69.4 percent...laminate design options--such as stenciled, granite, and marble--to become popular in the next few years...