History
Stonetile Inc.
The Stonetile idea was conceived when Peter Kuelker observed stone masons installing hand carved stone on a building in Calgary. These stones had been imported from Mexico and stemmed from a building that had fallen in the major Mexican earth quake a couple of years earlier. Read the full Company Overview...
| 1988 |
The first tile was made on April 20, 1988. Home garage was used to do most of the experimentation. |
| 1988 |
A $25000 grant was secured from the Alberta Innovative Housing Grants Program It took almost 2 years of time to develop the form and backer board, the hanger and production system. |
| 1989 |
The first leased facility was 1200 sp. Ft. and served as office, show room, and the production area. Several months of further development followed. |
| 1990 |
The first government approval was the provincial approval: Alberta Product Listing |
| 1990 |
Asides from installing tiles on Peters own home the first full installation was done in the fall of 1990 on a new home located on the east side of Chestermere Lake. |
| 1991 |
Stonetile was introduced to the general public in February 1991 at the Calgary Home and Garden Show. The customer response was overwhelming. The second significant installation was done in the spring of 1991 at 37 Woodhaven View. |
| 1995 |
18 months after leasing the first facility the production was moved to a 3500 Sq. Ft. space. We outgrew this space by January 1995 and moved to a 6000 sq ft location in which we operated for 4 years. |
| 1997 |
Our distributor Stonetile Edmonton started in summer 1997. |
| 1999 |
We relocated to the present facility in February of 1999. |
| 1999 |
It was also in 1999 when Stonetile received the CCMC evaluation. Extensive engineering tests preceded obtaining this approval. |
| 2003 |
Stonetile Halifax followed in the spring of 2003 |
| 2007 |
Stonetile Vancouver opened its doors in the summer of 2007 |
| 2007 |
Stonetile Saskatoon started 2007 |
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