Over the years Granicor has thrived under the same devoted family. Well established in North America since 1922, the company owns and operates granite quarries and factories.

The business was founded by an energetic stone mason named Eugene Robitaille. The Lac-Saint-Jean region was at the time experiencing a booming economy, which led to the growth of cities and more demand for stone buildings.
The business opportunities and abundant granite resources in Lac-Saint-Jean led Robitaille to move his family there and found his company. The Alma plant in Lac-Saint-Jean was built at the edge of a quarry yielding black granite of excellent quality that soon caught the attention of U.S. customers. This was how the company started, modestly at first, to export some of the world's most beautiful granites.
In 1950, after a year of training at one of New England’s most prestigious granite companies, Paul Robitaille joined his father’s company.
After Eugène’s death, Paul... [Detail]