In Memory of Elio E. Salvo
We present this news with a heavy heart: We are sorry to inform all the friends of both Miracle Sealants and the Salvo family that the founder of Miracle Sealants Company, the man who coined the term “impregnator” with the introduction of 511 Impregnator, passed away, April 9, 2013, at the age of 84 after a brief battle with cancer.
The son of two Italian immigrants, Elio was born in Boston, MA on September 7, 1928. He married his beautiful wife, Pauline, in 1950. Sadly, she passed away in 1999 a few months before their 50th wedding anniversary.
Elio’s father, Joseph, built, from the ground up, a successful stone and tile contracting and installation company in the New England area. The family moved to California after WWII.
Elio’s grandchildren represent the 4th generation of Salvo tile and stone professionals.
An entrepreneur with a vast vision, Elio founded Miracle Sealants in the early 1980s and, with the help of his two sons Joseph and Albert, lead the company into a new generation of tile, stone, and grout care and maintenance.
The tile and stone care industry owes a great deal to this pioneer; many terms, products, and procedures for the protection, maintenance and restoration of tile and stone employed to this day are related to the innovations of Elio and Miracle Sealants.
Elio is survived by his four children: Debra, Connie, Joseph, and Albert, and his many grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
The industry has lost a visionary and he will be missed sorely by all.