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For over 60 years , Arriscraft International has manufactured building stone for commercial and residential projects using using a unique process that eliminates the need for cementitious or artificial binders. Arriscraft pioneered its environmentally benign Natural Process technology in the 1950s and which it has continued to enhance and refine ever since. Unique blending and production technology produces stone with natural colors, textures and shapes. Low absorption, high density and common masonry requirements leads to design flexibility, durability and affordability. Headquartered in Cambridge, Ontario (60 miles west of Toronto), there are additional manufacturing facilities in Quebec, Fort Valley, Georgia, and a dolomitic limestone quarry in Ontario.

Arriscraft stone products offer architects; builders and owners an opportunity of creating beautiful timeless projects that will create enhanced value without the costs normally associated with stone products. Selecting Arriscraft stone is a sure way to bring success to your next project. What's more, Arriscraft products come with an industry-unique lifetime warranty. Our products have been in use for over 60 years , so we can support that warranty with very visible proof.

With quality service as appealing as its products, Arriscraft International has been providing solutions to commercial and residential projects throughout North America for five decades. Three manufacturing facilities along with distributors in every major U.S. and Canadian city offer clients a wide variety of manufactured and quarry-stone products that is easily accessible.

What most clients like best about Arriscraft, however, are the service, support and quality. Value-added services like our complimentary Masonry Envelope Review, online CADD Library, and AIA Course offerings are Arriscraft's way of sharing the architects', designers' and builders' commitment to creating beautiful, long-lasting buildings.

The Arriscraft Advantage

  • Lifetime Product Warranty.
  • Natural Edge® Technology supports LEED initiatives.
  • Comprehensive technical support including on-line specification guidelines and CADD library with over 10,000 CADD details for download.
  • Complimentary Masonry Envelope Review.
  • Installed using standard masonry techniques.
  • Architectural profiles include chamfers, bullnoses, notches, watertables and curved units.
  • Custom colours available.

What Makes Arriscraft Unique?
The key is our Natural Process technology, which mirrors natural stone formation. We use only fine silica based sand and other natural minerals to manufacture our Building Stone. The result: Arriscraft Building Stone looks and performs like quarried stone.

Key Benefits:

  • High strength, high density, and naturally low absorption translate into superior durability;
  • Exceptionally tight dimensional tolerances;
  • No cement or chemical additives; Building Stone is not subject to the degree of shrinkage rates associated with cement-based products;
  • Consistent color throughout the entire stone; Building Stone can be cut, chiseled and dressed in the field while maintaining the same color and texture.
  • Arriscraft products support LEED™ and "green" sustainability objectives. Arriscraft offers an industry-unique Lifetime Product Warranty.

Arriscraft International is a subsidiary of General Shale Brick, Inc., the leading exterior building materials manufacturer in the United States. General Shale's parent company, Wienerberger AG, is the largest brick company in the world, and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

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