Given the rocky financial landscape that virtually all fabricators are facing these days, it makes sense that the results of this year's annual U.S. stone fabricator survey received a very mixed reaction from respondents. On the positive side, the majority of respondents actually said their business stayed the same or increased during 2008. On the negative side, more than two out of five fabricators did see their business decline last year; moreover, the falloff was fairly significant (generally 11 percent or greater). In the future, however, the mood is much more upbeat - particularly over the long term - as the vast majority of fabricators feel that the stone market will grow over the next five to 10 years.
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