Granite Floor at AllGraniteHomes.com

• Granite floor prices
• Granite Competition from China
• New granite materials
• Granite slab Warehouses
• Popularity of granite
• Payment guarantees
• Economic environment
• Brazil and India granite
• The China granite factor
• Ornamental rocks
• Capital industry
• Technological changes

Capital industry

A high capital industry?

This article has mostly examined the industry from the point of view of processing not extraction. Some of the current trends suggest that factories, to be competitive, are being forced to invest not only in (increasingly expensive) modern equipment, but also in extraction for access to the raw materials, and, moreover, also in expensive commercial investments such as opening their own warehouses. This strategy has its risks; it places huge demands on management skills in an industry where, till recently, all decisions were made by the owner at the top of the hierarchy. In other words, the granite industry is evolving into a highly capital intensive and complicated industry. Is such huge capital investment unavoidable for growth, and how will it affect the rules of the game for the smaller companies? The answer to this question is still not evident.