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By Jake Rishavy
Stone Business magazine, Nov. 2007
KENT, Wash. — When Fine Line Surfaces
and RS Pacific Inc. merged in January 2001, the two shops
and their respective owners, Luke Moore and Tom Risinger,
already knew each other well.
And as well they should have, as they'd
been competitors for nearly 15 years and had seen mountains
of change in the solid-surface countertop business over
the years.
During that time, both companies had grown
considerably both in reputation and in profitability, becoming
two of the premier shops in the region: one specializing
in residential work, the other commercial.
But, as is the case with most smart mergers,
the entity that resulted quickly proved to be far more than
just the sum of its parts. And it turned out that Moore
and Risinger were even more successful as partners than
they were as competitors.
Shortly after the merger, the newly named
Fine Line Pacific moved its solid-surface shop into a 25,000
sq ft facility in Renton, Wash., which also included the
company's offices and a large showroom space.
And, observing the growing popularity of
granite and quartz materials on the part of new home builders
and contrators in the area, Fine Line Pacific quickly flexed
its newfound muscle by opening an additional 16,000 sq ft
natural stone and quartz-suface facility in nearby Seattle.
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