Up Close SOLID SURFACE CRAFTSMAN.(Business)

Who: Alan Boulant, 44

Where: 144 Freemans Bridge Road, Glenville

What's new: Solid Surface, a wholesale fabricator for big-box and local kitchen and bath dealers, was selected to appear in this year's Best of Cambria calendar, which recognizes dealers' unique and innovative installations of the durable natural quartz surface.

Solid Surface Craftsman will be featured in the calendar in July.

Boulant describes Cambria as the wave of the future, in part because it's easier to maintain than other stone surfaces like marble, granite or limestone.

Solid Surface Craftsman, founded in 1987, is now a triad of companies that includes …