MARBLELIFE – GROUTMASTER TO PROVIDE METAL RESTORATION

October 1, 2008 – Detroit, MI – MARBLELIFE-GROUTMASTER, a stone, tile, and grout restoration and maintenance company, has announced a strategic alliance with ACE METAL of Chicago, to provide locally based metal restoration services in Detroit.  This arrangement enables MARBLELIFE-GROUTMASTER to provide its hotel and office building clients a single contact for their marble, granite, terrazzo, grout, and now METAL restoration and maintenance.  Lobby elevators, entry doors and facades can look bright, clean, and new year round with proper care.  ACE METAL will provide the technical expertise and personnel, while MARBLELIFE will provide sales, support, and infrastructure. 

This represents ACE METAL’s 6^th office.  Services will be provided from MARBLELIFE – GROUTMASTER’s local office in Farmington Hills using locally based experienced metal craftsman.  “The partnership furthers MARBLELIFE’s commitment to provide our clients specialty maintenance services designed to deliver consistent quality appearance without the need for periodic restoration.  By adding metal capabilities we are now able to address all of the major hard surface accents including marble, granite, terrazzo, ceramic, porcelain, grout and now metal,” says Kirk VanMeerbeck, General Manager, MARBLELIFE – GROUTMASTER.

"This partnership enables us to provide our clients with a full-time, local presence, and support system. Our alliance with the MARBLELIFE – GROUTMASTER Team will provide stone care and restoration as a compliment to our existing services," adds Eric Swanson, VP Operations for Ace Metal.   

“Whether seeking to care for your stone floors, registration desks, bathroom tile and grout, or entry doors, MARBLELIFE – GROUTMASTER can provide you a consistent quality appearance year round,” says Alan Mayr, President of MARBLELIFE, INC. “MARBLELIFE, Inc. continues to expand its services.  With 53 locations, MARBLELIFE, Inc. provides the broadest stone, tile, and grout restoration and care services in North America.  MARBLELIFE is committed to providing the services needed to support the hotel and commercial markets demands for preventative maintenance, restoration, and care for their first-impression surfaces.”

MARBLELIFE, Inc. is the largest stone, grout, and tile restoration, maintenance, and care solution provider with offices in the United States, Canada, Ireland, the Cayman Islands, UAE, and India.  MARBLELIFE offers commercial and hotel building managers care solutions designed to eliminate the need for restoration by delivering a cost effective maintenance and care solution for their stone, tile, and grout surfaces.