The Finstone Group, with roots in the stone industry going back 75 years, has expanded in the new millennium to become one of the largest vertically integrated dimensional stone companies in the world. Building on Italian -South African foundations the group now has offices,and investments covering six continents. Operations span the full spectrum of the industry including quarrying, distribution, processing, finished product wholesale and retail distribution, logistics and the production of consumables. A lateral expansion into such companies as Effe Meccanica now sees the group producing and marketing some of the world's most respected granite processing machinery used in the global industry. A vertical organizational structure integrates the wholesale and retail member companies of the group worldwide. Quarries in Southern Africa, Brazil, USA, India, Australia and China work with Zurich, Switzerland based Dorking AG , the group's wholesale block distribution company and M+Q AG, the group's retail block distributor, which operates stock yards throughout Europe and in South Africa , Brazil, USA, India and China distributing materials sourced from Finstone and other suppliers throughout the world. Products from Finstone owned processing facilities worldwide are distributed wholesale through Kalula AG and retailed through Stone Connection. The latter company is set to continue growing a network of retail locations through 2010 reflecting a group strategy of expanding the full service, integrated stone group by organic development and selective acquisition.