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many folks, monument and memorial companies are not limited to the design and construction
of monuments and memorials in cemeteries. Businesses, charities, public institutions, and
homeowners are the recipients of our services as well. |
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The increasing use of memorialization in
golf courses, parks, resorts, universities, museums, residencies, corporate campuses,
historical buildings, zoos, libraries, nature trails, fundraising campaign “Donor
Trails” or even for private use, have been the latest trends.
Clients are always looking for new ways to recognize
donors with quality bronze plaques. One method, apart from a building or a bench, is the
mounting of a bronze plaque on a boulder. Since a real boulder weighing hundreds,
sometimes thousands of pounds for that purpose is normally expensive, time consuming, and
a logistically demanding task, a more practical answer is the use of a replicated
recognition rock, which serves as a beautiful outdoor landscape accent while showcasing
plaques and signage up to 11" x 8 1/2" in size.
One company that made contact with me recently is Mills
Manufacturing, based in Muskegon, Michigan, a wholesaler for very attractive, and
high-quality, artificial memorial rocks. Mills assures me that their “rocks will
stand the test of time.”
Mills’ unique back-to-nature products are accurately
molded from real rocks, manufactured from construction grade cast stone designed to
withstand 9,000 psi (pounds per square inch) of pressure and freeze-thaw conditions, are
guaranteed for a lifetime, and can be ordered in your choice of 3 colors. Mills offers
three color choices of Sandstone, Slate Gray (popular in the Midwest and East Coast), or
Red Rock.
The rugged castings are hollow, approximately one inch
thick, open at the bottom, and feature an anti-theft eye bolt system and hand chiseled
recess for a bronze plaque up to 11" x 8 1/2" in size, for 8 of the 20 models.
They weigh between 80-100 lbs. (but are exact replicas of
rocks that would normally weigh 500-1,000 lbs.) and are shipped to your doorstep via FedEx
Ground in 350-lb. test, double-walled, corrugated boxes using a special foam-in-place
packaging system.
For information, or assistance, contact us, or view the
products online at http://www.millsmfg.com/.
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