Stone Care < Natural Stone Building Materials

The usage of natural stones building materials like marble, granite, porcelain, limestone etc has touched the peak nowadays as they attribute to the beauty of the place where they are used and also they are easy to maintain as there are number of stone care products used during construction. The stones are used to make kitchen surfaces, table tops, counter tops, floors tiles of the walls etc. As there is an incredulous increase in the construction of different buildings such as colleges, schools, apartments, houses, official buildings, corporate etc. there is an urge for the utility of the stone products to make these constructions look vivacious and attractive.

Whoever wants to start a new business can choose the stone care products business as the need of these products has become the part and parcel of one’s life. Though this business when came into market didn’t get that much attention during 1970’s, it became very popular in 1980’s. According to the census created during 1981 this business increased its share in the market to 43.2% and it increased thereby. During 1986 an international conference held at Germany for stone care product importance, many manufacturers of building materials like granite, limestone, marble, ceramic, grout and travertine accepted that there are many advantages of using these products.

The sales report of stone care product business for 1997 states that the sale of limestone care products has reached 43.78% whereas granite care products business went up to 37.46&%, for marble it went till 53.54% and ceramic got a rise of 27.42%. The increase of marble care products was due to the increase in the usage of granite natural stone among people of all classes. Starting a production unit of stone care products costs $400,000 to $480,000 depending on the space and number of employees. This business slowly started spreading into common usage products such as bathroom cleaners, floor cleaners and wall cleaners. Among these categories bathroom cleaners were the most sold and their sales reached till $700,000 by the year of 1999.

The stone care products are widely used around the world as there is an incessant demand for these products everywhere. The sales of these stone care products around the world have increased very much. By the end of 2000, they were estimated to be $55 million and at present the survey signifies an incredible increase of $135 million due to the rapid increase in the number of users of these products. The manufacturing units of these products employ many direct and indirect employees. Each unit may have 120 to 150 employees who are involved in making these products. The business of stone care products is an ever flourishing one and anyone involved in this business already would have attained the pinnacle.

Usage of these products among various real estate businesses is increased to an extent of $150,000 by the year of 2002 as real estate workers confirmed that the usage of them will increase their deals and gives good customer rating. The usage of these products increased the price of crude oil too as the ingredient involved in their manufacture is products of crude oil. This product of crude oil used varies from product to product. Acid usage among the industries increased the number of chemical plants around the world. In 1995 there were 63 major chemical industries around United States and this count increased to 308 by 2003.

These stone care building materials not only clean, protect and maintain the stone surfaces; their use makes the surface glitter which enhances the elegance of that particular place. So this is the best choice of business who wants to go up in his life and flourish well. These stone care products remove the stains on the walls, floors countertops etc. very perfectly. So these products are being in use in the laboratories, common dining halls, wedding halls, and so many places. As there is a hike in the demand for the educational institutes, malls, shopping complexes, ultimately the need for these stone care products also has considerably increased.