Working with top grade exotic materials to create custom stone surfaces requires the utmost skill and precision. Clients expect professionalism and a fast turnaround; mistakes carry a high cost in materials and time. “Part of our high-end service, along with the quality, is that everything has to be done yesterday,” explained Nick Patrona, who, along with his father David and his brother Chris, owns and operates Patrona Marble and Granite, a high-end marble and granite stone company based in South Florida. The company produces both simple and complex stonework for kitchens, baths, stairways and other installations, and much of its work involves radius edges and custom shapes.

Patrona believes that going digital is the key in today’s market to providing the best finished product with the fastest completion time, and he is always on the hunt for the best in technology. “It is all about turnaround time,” he said. “It’s very important for us to be able to get something complicated measured as efficiently as possible and then manufactured as efficiently as possible as well.”