StoneLite was initially developed and patented in Galway, Ireland by Terence Bourke, the Earl of Mayo in the 1960''s. Lord Mayo owned a stone quarry producing highly desired, yet very fracturous marble that made sales of larger sizes virtually impossible due to the instability of the stone itself. Being an engineer and quite the entrepreneur, Lord Mayo set out to rectify this problem and through extensive experimentation in bonding different materials to stone, he invented a manufacturing process by which he was able to successfully stabilize his marble. His initial discovery and associated processing methodology ultimately evolved into the manufacturing process used exclusively in the production of StoneLite?today.

In the late 70''s, a Texas businessman acquired majority ownership of the Irish based company with the goal of headquartering global manufacturing in the United States.

In 1984, a new factory was completed in Carrollton, Texas and Mr. Peter Myles, a Production Engine... [Detail]