Thanks to his passion and dedication, his in-depth knowledge of the subject, his uncanny ability to diagnose and solve problems, and his talent for mixing unorthodox and creative approaches with sound and proven techniques, Maurizio Bertoli has become one of the foremost stone experts in North America. Since 1995, Maurizio Bertoli has been offering consultation and training services at local, national and international level. In response to the ever-growing demand, he now holds his training classes on stone restoration and maintenance in a new, state-of-the-art, facility located in Folcroft, PA. These classes are held as official courses of the International Training Centers for the Stone industry (ITCS), which is a group of training centers at international level for stone contractors.

     Thanks to his reputation for excellence and integrity, he counts, among numerous former and current customers the following organizations:

• THE HOUSE OF SENATE, Washington DC;
• MARPOL MARBLE, Toronto, ON;
• ASTS FLOORING, Toronto, ON;
• AM-PM BUILDING MAINTENANCE, Seoul, South Korea;
• MILVIN INTERNATIONAL, Calcutta, India;
• WALT DISNEY WORLD, Lake Buena Vista, FL;
• THE BANK OF CHINA, Beijing, China;
• BERMUDATECH, Hamilton, Bermuda;

just to cite a few. He also volunteers his expertise by contributing technical content to several web sites. His outspoken, right-in-between-the-eyes, yet humorous writing style makes him a unique character in the stone industry, with numerous followers.

     A reputation such as his is not born overnight. Maurizio has been an active professional in the Stone Industry since 1959, where in his native Parma (Italy), he first began what would become a life long love affair with natural stone and marble.