Nothing about Cambria’s beginning was very strategic. “It just kind of happened,” says Cambria President and CEO Marty Davis. It all began when Marty Davis' friend put him onto this new investment opportunity. The Davis’s studied the opportunity and ultimately Mark Davis, Marty’s father, made a personal investment in a northern Minnesota business start-up in the late ‘90s. They loved the company’s technology and quartz product, but didn’t know much more than that about the operation. But taking risks was something the Davis family was familiar with. Entrepreneurial instinct is a family legacy that began with Stan and Mark Davis, who owned small creameries that eventually lead to the formation of Davisco Foods International, an international leader in the dairy industry.
Cambria introduces seven new designs in three distinct and beautiful collections. With the addition of the seven designs, Cambria now offers 133 designs in nine collections. In the Marble Collection™, Swanbridge™, Carrick™ and Weybourne™ expand Cambria’s elegant marble palette, offering the classic, sought-after sophistication of marble, but none of the maintenance. Helmsley™ Harlech™ and Princetown™ are three distinctive, rich and exceptional designs that make an impressive statement in any space. Hadley™ adds more depth with a bold navy design and unlimited versatility in the Desert Collection™.
Cambria and the Arthritis Society proudly announce the launch of Camp Cambria in Ontario, a no-cost, six-day residential camp, for children ages 8-17 who are living with childhood arthritis. Camp Cambria will be held at Camp Maple Leaf, a not-for-profit sleepover camp for children with unique challenges. In addition to traditional camp activities, Camp Cambria in Ontario provides important tools and resources related to positive self-esteem and effective disease management.
Cambria’s newest partner is revealed—real estate investor, contractor, entrepreneur, and HGTV star—Scott McGillivray. Scott will help educate and guide consumers on how to renovate and invest wisely, adding value and years of enjoyment to their homes through a free online course, Dream. Plan. Do.
Cambria opens its latest gallery in San Francisco, adjacent to the city’s design district in the South of Market Area (SoMa). The space was designed with an upscale, boutique aesthetic that celebrates the character of the 100-year-old building, while reflecting the city’s modernity. Given the local culinary scene, the gallery boasts a gorgeous Cambria-clad demonstration kitchen, full working bar and custom wine display.
Cambria announces the launch of Cambria International. The new division of Cambria Enterprises will grow the company’s distinctive brand and unparalleled quartz surface offerings globally, under the guidance of Rodolfo Panisi, President and CEO of Cambria International.
Roxwell™ and Oakmoor™ the first of many designs in the breathtaking Oceanic Collection™. With grand, rolling waves and linear flow, Roxwell™ and Oakmoor™ are the first of their kind in natural quartz. The dramatic introductions bring Cambria’s offering to 126 designs within nine collections.
Customers and Business Partners can select the rich beauty and timeless allure of new Brittanicca™ and Ella™ from the Marble Collection™. Cambria’s new designs offer the beauty and sophistication of marble, without the long-term maintenance.
Cambria welcomes more than 70 children living with Juvenile Arthritis back to Camp Cambria for the second year, and established the Camp Cambria Foundation to continue to raise awareness for the 300,000 children in the U.S. living with Juvenile Arthritis. The Camp Cambria Foundation donates 100 percent of proceeds to benefit children with Juvenile Arthritis through Camp Cambria initiatives.
The Cambria Gallery – Buckhead Atlanta opens in partnership with Atlanta Kitchen, in the heart of the renowned Buckhead, Atlanta shopping district, home to many interior design shops. On display are various applications, including a bar, vanity, conference table and unique quartz applications.
New Distribution Centers open in Florida (Miami), Arizona (Phoenix), Texas (Houston and Dallas), and New York (Long Island), to accommodate growth and partnerships in major markets.
Cambria renovates its existing International Market Square (IMS) showroom in Minneapolis, Minnesota, creating an updated space to foster creativity, inspiration, and collaboration for designers and partners.
Cambria creates the first Camp Cambria, in partnership with the Arthritis Foundation of the Upper Midwest, to help kids with Juvenile Arthritis feel the joy of a community of campers just like them. Camp Cambria is a free, 6-day overnight experience at Camp Courage in Maple Lake, Minnesota. In addition to traditional camp activities, Camp Cambria provides important tools and resources related to positive self-esteem and effective disease management.
The Cambria Gallery on El Paseo is the second gallery in Palm Desert, located in the heart of Palm Desert’s most upscale shopping district. The gallery brings the freshest, most-beautiful designs to a space where homeowners and trade professionals can dream, design, plan and collaborate.
One of the biggest design innovations in the company’s history, thirteen new designs are added across five collections. Ellesmere™, Langdon™, Seagrove™ and Summerhill™, are dramatic and flowing designs inspired by the masterful clashing of rock, sand, and water. Berwyn™, Hampshire™, Montgomery™, and Wentwood™, capture the natural movement of water over stone. Brighstone™, Daron™, and Menai™ sparkle from deep within the surface creating a show-stopping radiance.
From the Marble Collection, Fairbourne™ and Ramsey™ are inspired by the classic look of marble and offer upscale elegance without the worry of high maintenance. Like all Desert Collection designs, Manchester™, Dunmore™ and Kirkstead™, provide beautiful monochrome foundations that portray subtle sophistication and adaptability. Nevern™ is part of Cambria’s Waterstone Collection whose dynamic designs echo the tumultuous and ever-changing relationship between sand and rocky shores.
The Cambria Gallery – Rochester is located in the historic Riverside Building in the heart of downtown Rochester, Minnesota. The gallery features a myriad of innovative and inspirational kitchen, bath and commercial installations, unique fabrication techniques and full 4.5 ft. by 10 ft. quartz slabs.
Cambria introduces the Coastal Collection™ featuring the new design, Galloway™. The Coastal Collection distinguishes itself by the grand and vast organic movement flowing throughout each design, creating a masterful clashing of rock, sand and water. These designs illustrate a balance of neutral tones with striking variation and glistening streams.
Cambria announces the Cambria Gallery on 7th, located in the heart of downtown Minneapolis. The gallery showcases a myriad of innovative vignettes, created by locally renowned designers and craftsmen. The gallery provides a convenient location to collaborate and experience the movement in Cambria’s trend-setting design palette.
Cambria doubles capacity by adding 408,000 square feet and two new production lines to the Minnesota production plant. This marks the second plant expansion in Cambria’s 12-year history.
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Cambria introduces six new designs to its industry-leading design palette. Capturing the depth and movement of water over stone, Armitage, Lanseshaw, Hollinsbrook, Bradshaw and Berkeley, join The Waterstone Collection. Rosslyn, with its striking metallic golds on a nuanced background of taupe and tan, is the sixth design to join The Jewel Collection.
Cambria opens a state-of-the-art studio showcasing exceptional quality in design detail and fabrication, in the King East Design District of Toronto.
Cambria opens its Orlando Distribution Center, serving the fast-growing Florida market.
Cambria solidifies its position as the leader in color innovation, introducing 12 new designs with The Waterstone Collection. Inspired by the natural movement of water over stone, the collection incorporates technology that once seemed impossible for quartz. Cambria's designs now total nearly 100.
Cambria unveils an unprecedented 21 new designs, with looks never-before seen in quartz, mimicking onyx, marble and granite. The launch includes two new collections --The Cambrian Collection™, capturing all the color, pattern and movement of classic stone, and The Jewel Collection™, featuring shimmering crystals from deep within the surface.
Cambria launches its California division, serving that unique market through Distribution Centers in both the northern and southern regions of the state.
Cambria introduces Cambi Dragon, the company mascot. Cambi begins a rigorous schedule of appearances at sports venues and public events.
Cambria launches 16 new designs, adding to the Quarry and Desert Collections™, and expanding Cambria's design palette to 64.
The first issue of Cambria Style magazine, a lifestyle publication for homeowners, designers and other trade partners, is published and distributed nationwide.
Similar to the Club Cambrias found in sports venues, Café Cambria opens in the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, home to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Cambria Financial is developed and begins providing mortgage and other financial services to help Cambria customers finance their home improvement projects.
Cambria expands its presence in Southern California, opening a Cambria Studio in Palm Desert for designers and consumers.
Cambria begins its Lexus Partnership Program. Providing exclusive markets to key partners, the Lexus initiative values intimate partnerships and deep relationships. Lexus Partners are highly evolved businesses that meet criteria related to sales success, exceptional quality, high-level customer service and a commitment to marketing.
To keep pace with demand, Cambria opens additional FabShops in Toronto and Cleveland.
Cambria partners with supermodel Cheryl Tiegs, the first of several Cambria advocates who help carry the company's message and enhance its public relations efforts. Other advocates include Mariel Hemingway, W.S. Holland and Ronnie Hawkins.
Cambria is named #4 on Entrepreneur Magazine's "Hot 500" list of fastest-growing businesses. The annual list recognizes businesses that meet specific criteria, including positive sales and job growth.
Cambria invests $52 million into its Le Sueur facility, equipping it with the newest processing technology and more than doubling its size to 350,000 square feet.
Cambria launches an advertising campaign with nationally-syndicated radio host, Paul Harvey, creating widespread awareness in areas of the United States that were not yet familiar with the product.
Cambria introduces the first designs in the Quarry Collection, featuring movement and a depth similar to that found in natural granite. No other quartz surface companies were producing designs of this nature.
Cambria opens its Indianapolis FabShop to serve this fast-growing market.
Club Cambria at the Target Center in Minneapolis opens and leads the way to other elite sports lounges across the country.
Allowing customers and designers to see the beauty and functionality of Cambria first hand, Cambria opens its first design studio in Minneapolis' International Market Square.
The Davis family launches Cambria as a retail brand in the spring of 2003.
Cambria FabShop (a fabrication facility) and Quartz Surfaces (an installation service) are established in Minnesota to give the company hands-on knowledge and skills. Today Quartz Surfaces is renamed Cambria Surfaces with three locations in Plymouth and Mankato, MN and Palm Desert, CA.
Cambria breaks from Dupont and ventures out on its own into the countertop sector, offering 33 unique designs.
Cambria opens its plant in Le Sueur, MN. The 150,000-square-foot building is a monument of commitment to product innovation, first-class customer service and leading edge quality control techniques and disciplines. Begins business as a tile manufacturer with an arrangement to provide slabs to DuPont.
Known for its successes in the dairy business, The Davis family decides to enter the quartz surface business after being presented with the opportunity to buy quartz processing equipment.
Jerome Cheese Company is founded by Mark Davis in Jerome, Idaho. It becomes the company's flagship, and, along with biPro isolation technology, launches the company as an international leader in the dairy industry.
The St. Peter Creamery closes. Operations move to Le Sueur and the new Le Sueur Food Ingredient plant is established.
The family’s business now consists of three companies: the St. Peter Creamery, LeSueur Cheese Company and Nicollet Food Products. All are merged to form Davisco Foods International. Later the next year, Jim Ward joins the company and goes on to become the leading finance officer for all the Davis family businesses.
biPro technology is developed and the company's entrance into high tech ingredients begins in full.
The Davises purchase Lake Norden Creamery in South Dakota from Land O’Lakes. Today, Lake Norden houses Davisco’s largest and most technologically-advanced mozzarella cheese processing plant.
In the old butter and cheese-making days, the buttermilk and whey by-products were considered junk. But in true entrepreneurial fashion, Mark Davis saw things differently and leveraged the company to pioneer whey protein isolation technology.
The marketplace for dairy products changes again. Mark Davis was willing to change and adapt while making tough decisions that kept the family's creamery business on the road to success. Mark converts the entire focus of the Le Sueur Creamery to cheese-making, and what has now been a 40 year cheese-making boom for the Davises, begins to blossom.
Stan Davis and Allen Cords, former classmates in dairy school at the University of Minnesota, combine the milk supplies at the St. Peter Creamery and the Le Sueur Cheese Company. The Davises purchase the Le Sueur Creamery and begin exploring ways to further expand their business. Mark Davis becomes the manager of Le Sueur Cheese.
With the creamery business changing, Stan makes a bold move, risking it all by investing in a brand new technology, spray drying. Stan had planned on investing with a partner, but on his way to make the purchase, his partner backed out. Stan did it anyway and grew his small creamery into an Upper Midwest leader in the dairy industry
The dairy business changes overnight with America's entry into World War II. The government needed skim milk to ship overseas and butter rationing began. The St. Peter Creamery changed with the times and built strong relationships with local farmers for milk and cream supply, which was key to its future growth.
Stan buys the St. Peter Creamery with partner Harvey Parsons, the man who he had apprenticed under. Eventually Harvey leaves the business and Stan becomes sole owner.
Stan Davis enters the butter business by taking an apprenticeship in Norseland, Minnesota. The work is close to home and gives him the opportunity to learn a trade. "It was hard work... better than no work! It was the steadiest job in town. Everybody else would be laid off and the creameries got to operate. It was good work, it paid good wages and I look back on it as a wise decision."
