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MARBLELIFE^®, INC.

1988 Union Carbide Marble Care (MARBLELIFE® precursor) is founded to meet industry needs for consistent quality restoration services and stone care products.

1989 - Union Carbide Launches Efforts to Develop Marble Cleaners and Care Products.

MARBLELIFE, Inc. was founded in 1988, to service a growing demand for stone, tile & grout restoration & after-installation care. By 1989, MARBLELIFE introduces its proprietary INTERCARE stone cleaner – a non-acidic, stone safe cleaner capable of neutralizing acid spills and removing staining oils for home and commercial use.

What began as an effort to develop a unique line of care products, quickly expanded into development of restoration and care services and techniques. With a shortage of stone craftsman throughout the US, MARBLELIFE was conceived to develop a nationwide network of craftsman capable of providing a consistent high quality set of products and services throughout the country.

1991 - Union Carbide Expands into Marble Restoration Services - MARBLELIFE is Born

By 1991 it had become clear that MARBLELIFE's mission would need to expand to include the development of proprietary service capabilities in-order to meet customer demands and market growth requirements. Recognizing that good chemistry was not going to be enough Union Carbide sold the business in 1993 to Ed Williams an experienced entrepreneur with a track record of successful business ventures, including the leading MARBLELIFE franchise at the time.

1993 - MARBLELIFE is spun-off as an independent business.

Ed Williams, the largest franchise operator, and proven restoration technique developer acquires the business from Union Cardide.1993 MARBLELIFE rolls out its proprietary maintenance programs including MARBLELIFE’s no-more-restorations guarantee.

1993 - MARBLELIFE introduces Interlok systems.

1993 MARBLELIFE introduces Interlok systems to enhance slate, flagstone and flamed granite color and sheen. MARBLELIFE introduces Interlok a durable reactive floor finish designed to enhance color in slate and flagstone, while also imparting gloss, enabling interior designers to capture the full benefit of these surfaces potential.

1993 - MARBLELIFE launches Natural Stone No Restoration Guarantee

The development of MARBLELIFE's proprietary maintenance processes enabled MARBLELIFE to provide its no-restoration-maintenance guarantee. If MARBLELIFE maintained your floor and you cleaned it using MARBLELIFE's Intercare Cleanser MARBLELIFE would guarantee the floor would never need to be restored again. These techniques enabled MARBLELIFE to provide superior commercial clients superior value and results to this day.

1994 - MARBLELIFE Launches Granite Restoration Services

By 1993, MARBLELIFE was restoring granite. With a committment to refining and optimizing marble and granite restoration techniques, MARBLELIFE quickly evolved industry leading productivity while delivering unsurpassed restoration quality. By 2003 the business had expanded from 8 to 28 franchises, growing on the basis of quality word-of-mouth performance.

1998 - MARBLELIFE Spins off M.L. Distribution

MARBLELIFE spins off M.L. Distribution to provide stone care and education products to its clients so that they could maintain their restored surfaces

2001 - MARBLELIFE launches Road-Crew Services

MARBLELIFE establishes their Road-Crew capable of servicing hotel and commercial maintenance accounts with monthly service anywhere across America. Enables MARBLELIFE to commit to multi location accounts to being able to provide consistent coverage throughout North America.

2003 - 15 years without Restoration Achieved.

2003 MARBLELIFE achieves a landmark having maintained a property for 15 years in a restored appearance without the need to restore it.

2004 - Marblelife Achieves 15 years in Marble Maintenance without Restoration.

BY 2003, MARBLELIFE has achieved a maintenance landmark as we successfully maintained a high traffic commercial lobby floor for 15 years without restoration, a feat most companies cannot maintain for 2 years today. Today, MARBLELIFE delivers this type maintenance across the country.

Today, these topical sealant technologies are complimented by our MARBLELIFE GROUTLIFE COLORSeal grout restoration technology, introduced in 2005, to provide some of the most dramatic slate and flagstone restorations you are likely to see.

2005 - MARBLELIFE Introduces COLORSeal - Expanding into Tile & Grout Services

MARBLELIFE's GROUTLIFE services begin to take shape in 2005. Recognizing that while most tile cleaning services delivered a clean floor, they could not generate a new-floor appearance, MARBLELIFE began developing grout restoration techniques and services. By 2008, MARBLELIFE was ready to rollout its GROUTLIFE COLORSeal services offering a true grout restoration. Today, regardless of how dirty, stained or ugly your grout is MARBLELIFE can restore it to a better-than-new state offering a fresh, clean new appearance, with superior stain protection. This service effectively tripled the market potential for each franchise, and dramatically enhanced customer satisfaction in the ceramic and porcelain floor segments.

2006 - MARBLELIFE reaches 45 Locations

Between 2003 and 2006, MARBLELIFE expanded its network from 28 to 45 locations. With each franchise addition, MARBLELIFE was able to marshal greater marketing resources to more efficiently communicate with its customers, while continuing to advance granite care and maintenance technques. It is important to note, that MARBLELIFE remains committed to delivering quality, and as such limits the number of units it opens and developed each year.

2007 - MARBLELIFE Consolidates Manufacturing, Research & Development & Franchise Services to Florida

In 2007, MARBLELIFE completed the consolidation of its distribution, manufacturing facilities in Dallas, Texas and its R&D facilities in Sanford, Florida to a new corporate headquarters in Sanford, Fl. By year's end, MARBLELIFE had completed the transition to manufacture all its stone care products under one roof. Today, MARBLELIFE offers a full line of marble, stone, granite and tile care products, including unique offerings such as Marble Etch Remover, Soap Scum Remover and Max-Out Grout Cleaner.

2008 - M L Distribution Launches Hardware Store Program

Distribution, completed its packaging redesign and expanded its marketing efforts targeting retail distribution for the first time with a product line that had been industry tested by more than 100 MARBLELIFE stone craftsman. Refined to provide ease-of-use and productivity in addition to beautiful results. MARBLELIFE's line is truly differentiated by our people, as our stone craftsman around the country stand behind the performance of our products, something no other product distributor can do.

By 2008, we serviced more than 50% of the North American population, delivering world class MARBLELIFE services locally. Coverage hit 70% in 2009.

2008 - MARBLELIFE Launches TileLok Tile & Grout Treatments

MARBLELIFE forms a series of strategic partnerships to assemble and optimize a group of treatments capable of addressing market needs for Anti-Slip, Anti-Grafitti, Anti-Mold properties enabling building owners to reduce their care costs, while boosting internal safety and health. This was quickly followed by the development of ColorSeal/MicroGuard systems capable of assisting medical buildings in facilitating the disinfection of patient rooms, as part of efforts to enhance Marblelife's interior health quality capabilities.

2008 - MARBLELIFE introduces Dry-Grind Technology for non-granite stone surfaces

Marblelife introduces dry-grind technology for non-granite stone surfaces reducing the water usage required to restore a stone surface by more than 80%.

2009 - MARBLELIFE launches CleanShield - Marble Table & Vanity Etch Protective Treatments

MARBLELIFE introduces the first etch-resistance treatment for marble allowing marble table, vanity and counter owners to eliminate those pesky white spots and drink rings for the final time, without sacrificing appearance or suffering downtime. A typical vanity can be treated and restored in less than 1 hour.

2010 - MARBLELIFE introduces VinylGuard

VinylGuard is a proprietary nanotechnology treatment designed to eliminate the need to wax, strip and buff vinyl floors, representing not just a jump forward in operational efficiencies but also improvements in safety via enhanced anti-slip properties of these novel treatments. This addressed opportunities in medical, education and industrial buildings.

Today, MARBLELIFE provides proprietary stone, concrete, vinyl, tile and grout restoration, maintenance and care products and services to the leading hotels, commercial, business owners and entertainment people in the world in marble, granite, terrazzo, ceramic and porcelain segments.

Today, MARBLELIFE

services approximately 70% of the US population…and growing…MARBLELIFE^® is the largest stone restoration and maintenance company in North America, and one of the fastest growing tile and grout, concrete and vinyl restoration and care companies in North America.
Internationally, MARBLELIFE franchises are operating in Bahamas, Ireland, Canada, Cayman Islands, and United Arab Emirates as we begin to expand internationally.
Restores more than 1000 residential floors, vanities, showers and counters every month making MARBLELIFE the largest residential service provider in the world.
Maintains more than 100 hotels every month under its guarantee that if MARBLELIFE maintains your stone surfaces monthly you will never need to restore your stone due to wear again.
Boasts buildings in our maintenance portfolio that have been maintained without restoration for more than 15 years.
Maintains a national training and R&D facility in Sanford, Florida.
Develops and refines a full line of stone care products.

MARBLELIFE's Clientele

MARBLELIFE franchises primarily serve owners of upscale homes, commercial properties such as office buildings, hotels, hospitals, medical services building owners, and schools and universities etc. Essentially, anyone who is concerned their interior building health, and floor appearances. A few of the properties we have served include...

Upscale homes:
Shaqueal O,Neil                           Sugar Ray Leonard
Henry Mancini                               Aaron Spelling
Senator Carol Mosely Braun         Barry Gordy
Blake Edwards                              Julie Andrews

Banks:
Apple Bank Comerica Bank
Suntrust Bank

Corporate Headquarter:
Auntie M                                      Chrysler
Dominoes                                    Ford World Headquarters
Gucci                                           Nestle Corporation
Price Waterhouse                       Shell Oil
Taco Bell                                     Xerox

Libraries & Museums:
Bostin Public Library                   J. Paul Getty Museum
Kennedy Space Center               National Gallery of Art
New York Public Library

Upscale Hotel Properties Including:
Beverly Hills Hotel                      Beverly Wilshire
Marriott                                       Portland Wilshire
Ritz Carlton                                 Royal Park Hotel
Spa Hotel Resort                         Whitehall Hotel

Upscale Properties include:
Detroit Athletic Club                    Eisenhower Medical
Essex House                                Fox Plaza
Grand Central Station                 Rockefeller Center
Saks Fifth Avenue                      Trammel Crowe

For additional information regarding this unique opportunity, fill out the online MARBLELIFE Qualification Form or email your specific questions to franchisesales@marblelife.com.

Contact MARBLELIFE today to find out if your market is still available.

Whether you are seeking a new business venture, a business for sale, an opportunity to expand your existing carpet cleaning, tile installation, fabrication or other service business, or simply seeking to gain your independence by building a financial asset for your family, you owe it yourself to consider this niched opportunity.

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