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Bill Junior went on to explain that most of their residential cli- ents are mid-level, adding, “Our area is not like Nashville where you have music and movie stars and professional athletes. Our area has more tourists with timeshares, cabin rentals, etc. There are nice homes, too, but not a lot of really high-end. Our work comes to us through area designers, builders and owners, and when it does, our people give personal service, because this is a family person- alized company. Making our cli- ents happy is more important to us than high volume, and because of this we have a good, solid busi- ness, and an excellent reputation.”
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Bill Senior: “What got us to this point is our ability to find and train people. My son and I are mechanically inclined, and we don’t have a whole lot of prob- lems with mechanical things. We understand machinery. However, people are the life blood of any business, and you just have to find the good ones and train them.”
Bill Junior: “We are still hav- ing problems keeping up with the demand, so just today we called about purchasing another Donatoni CNC Jet Saw. My long term goal is to construct a new building that is more conducive to our needs, such as a duel table robotic saw, overhead cranes and a better way to get our water back to the filtration system. Basically
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Above: Mitered hostess stand for a hospitality property.
Right: Emco-Williams recycles about 95% of
its wet fabrication water with a Turrini water filtration system, which can provide 169 gallons/ minute to their CNCs, saws, and wet polishing machinery. Their exterior slabyard stocks approximately 200 slabs of premium stone and also select stone remnants.
we want to be more automated to grow the business. Not gynor- mous! Just a little bigger. We like being a smaller, independent and customer-oriented company that knows its customers.
“Ultra Compact materials have not taken off in this area. We’ve done a few of these types of jobs and had a few inquiries, but we are not busy with it. It really de- pends on the application. If it’s a commercial application and a designer likes it and it’s going to be outside, I think porcelain is a great product. But as far as inside, I haven’t seen many people that like it. People here, like me, still like the idea of natural stone. We
are, however, going to start doing showers with quartz or Dekton- type materials when we get rid of our cultured production, because this is the direction that we are going. This is our next venture, and it’s coming up soon.”
As for Bill Grove Senior, he is a self-described “86 years young,” stays very active in the company, and vows to never quit working. As for his wife, Carol, when she’s not driving her husband around town or to work, she can be found playing bridge with her Senior friends.
For more project and com- pany history, please visit emco-williams.com .
Below, right: Custom Juparana Bordeaux granite bar top features an undulating decorative edge that echoes the ridges of the nearby Smoky Mountains, in this rustic mountain retreat.
Left: Multilevel double vanity for a master bath suite.