World Wide Stone Corporation™
Without question, part of the unparalleled success of World Wide
Stone Corporation™ and Durango Stone™
both nationally and internationally can be traced to our quarry and
factory investment. Investing in the most efficient and accurate
production equipment in the world has enabled us to widen the gap from
our nearest competitor in quality, consistency and special order
flexibility.
As a market innovator we embrace the opportunity to increase product
quality and yield in each of our three factories. All of our factories
are located in Durango, DGO, Mexico and are American managed. Each
factory specializes in producing one or two types of Durango
Stone™ product. Specialization of product is another way
of ensuring we produce the highest quality product and finish on the
market today.
Some of the high profile equipment used in our production facilities
include a self contained water treatment facility that cleans 7,000
liters of water per minute, a 100 blade gang saw, a forty ton gantry
crane for moving raw blocks in the pre-stage area, jib cranes and
numerous other material handling machinery.
All of this technology enables us to produce an incredible amount a day
of finished Durango Stone™ product for the
world market.
Quality Control
The blocks originate from World Wide Stone Corporation™ Durango Stone™ quarries and are transported to our three factories in Durango, Mexico. Sub-standard product both in block and sawn form are sold. The higher quality material is kept for our production and all of our products are produced to the highest level of International Industry Standards. Due to quality control procedures in our factories, we are unable to manufacture inferior products. Meticulously thorough attention is applied to every facet of our production stages, from cutting of the block at the quarries to packaging of the final product. World Wide Stone is renowned for our quality of all our Durango Stone™ products.
Tumbled/Unfilled Production
The Durango Stone™ tumbled products from World Wide Stone Corporation™ are "Truly Tumbled™", not done by hand held machines. What this means for
you as well as your invaluable customer base is of tremendous value, especially in the long run.
Our process exposes all voids below the surface that are inherent in the other methods of tumbled Mexican Stones, which are typically produced by an application of acid across the surface and hand ground edges. Not only does our procedure lend itself to a stronger surface of the stone itself, but by doing this we expose the cavities that would form naturally over a period of time from normal wear and tear. Dusting that also occurs and lasts for an extended period of time is non-existent in Authentic Durango Stone™ due to the fact the stone is also cleaned during the tumbling process.
In addition, due to the fact our material is Truly Tumbled™ our tiles have naturally rounded edges unlike hand ground products whose edges contrive predictable details.
Filled and Honed
The Filled and Old World Honed™ Durango Stone™ products available from World Wide Stone are unsurpassed in quality. A great amount of detail and pride go into every individually inspected piece.
Our process consists of filling the stone, honing with 400-grit, refilling the stone and then honing again using 16 320-grit heads. This achieves a very hard, semi-sheen surface that resists the wear patterns commonly associated with travertine floors. It also ensures the surface film that is found on a vast majority of our competitor’s material is non-existent. The process also makes the floors much easier to clean. Nobody wants to go through the expense of having their floors honed in place in the future. The majority of other plants use 200 to 250-grit heads to hone their products. These are great selling features that you can use over your competition. 
Additionally, our fill is color-matched and selected to run with the tonality of the stone, creating an aesthetically pleasing palette of color. Only from Durango Stone™
All Filled and Old World Honed™ Durango Stone™ products are fully gauged and calibrated. Half sizes for patterns are nominal allowing for grout joints in "block" patterns both in finishes, ensuring the installer a fighting chance to achieve a wonderful finished installation that they can be proud of. True sized tiles are a beautiful thing!
A 1-mm micro beveled edge is applied to the tiles to aid in ease of installation and to avoid the chipped edges so often seen in square cut tiles.
The advantage to this is three-fold:
One being the forgiving nature of the edge in installation to help eliminate lippage.
Secondly, all sharp edges are eliminated, not only increasing the safety factor in regards to barefoot traffic, but also the running of hands across the surface. A very important factor to consider for your clients who may have children playing or crawling across the floor.
The third advantage is the after installation, chipping that commonly occurs from foot traffic on a square edged stone does not occur.
Production Facilities
World Wide Stone possesses three production plants within close proximity of each other and our quarries in Durango, Mexico. They are American owned, supervised and controlled.
Plant number one produces all standard size tiles - 12 x 12, 16 x 16 etc. in our Filled and Old World Honed™ finish of Durango Stone™ offerings.
Available from plant number two, is our Truly Tumbled™ Durango Stone™tiles, tumbled copings, accents, mosaics and trim.
The production from plant number three consists of large format tiles 24 x 24 x ¾ and up, any size tiles ¾ inch or thicker, slabs, non-tumbled copings, ledger stones, split face and large cut-to-size material. This plant also creates all of our custom inquiries.
In addition, we employ a state-of-the-art water reclamation facility to help protect our valuable resources and recycle the water for use in all production processes.
World Wide Stone Corporation™ is a very important business in the Durango, Mexico area as a vast amount of the people living in the area are supported by our endeavors to produce the best quality stone products available on the market today and they take great pride in Durango Stone™.
Support and Advantages
As the exclusive Quarrier and Producer of Authentic Durango Stone™, World Wide Stone has over 30 years experience in the production of architectural and cut-to-size projects. Our repertoire consists of worldwide distribution and we are well known for quality product and timely delivery. Over 80 domestic stocking distributors can’t be wrong.
Other advantages are as follows:
Two fully stocked distribution facilities in the USA for quick delivery of those "special" Durango Stone™ projects that always seem to come up at the last minute.
A fully informed National sales team located in Scottsdale, Arizona that understands the needs of the United States market. We tell it like it is.
Matching accents, trims, mosaics and patterns.
Appointed sales consultants for every client.
The ability to produce columns, fireplaces, balustrades, treads, countertops, sinks and more. Your imagination is the limit.
Selling, training and marketing support materials.
15 inspection points prior to shipping.
All patterns are true and nominal half sizes to ensure even grout joints in square modules.
Over 1 million square feet of Durango Stone™ inventory in stock.
The Durango Stone™ travertine that comes from the Durango, Mexico area and supplied by World Wide Stone is more dense and harder than the stones that come from many other parts of the world.
