NRP STONE, INC
Stock Symbol :: NRPI | |
 | NRP STONE, INC (NRPI) NRP Stone, Inc. design and manufacture granite urns that can be laser–etched with a tribute to the deceased. |
| Recent Price | $.17 | | Market Capitalization | $45.46M | | Est Float | 6K | | Outstanding Shares | 268M | | Exchange | OTC.PK |
NRP Stone, Inc.
950 Kipling Crescent S.W.
Redcliff, ALB T0J 2P0
Canada
Phone: 403-878-4817
Fax:
http://www.nrpstone.com |
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 | NRP Stone Inc. Corporate Overview
NRP Stone Inc. (PINKSHEETS: NRPI) announced that the company had begun trading on the pink sheets exchange under the above symbol.
The Cremation Urn market is a relatively new market and NRP Stone Inc. has positioned itself to become a world leader in the industry. Current trends in the funeral industry cite high costs of traditional burials and the lack of space in many larger cities as the reason. The internet has many statistics with relation to the cremation industry. Some articles claim that as many as 70% (seventy percent) of all deaths result in cremations. Some major cities are reporting figures as high as 97%.The company is in the business of providing Cremation Urns to the funeral industry and is developing both wholesale and retail outlets for its products. The company's offices are located in Redcliff, Alberta, Canada. The company plans to establish distribution centers, warehouses and sales outlets in both Canada and the United States. | 
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Company Overview NRP Stone, Inc. (OTC.PK: NRPI)
The company has introduced a product that will lovingly honor the memory of the dearly departed. They design and manufacture granite urns that can be laser¨Cetched with a tribute to the deceased. They are one of the first companies to offer such a product. There are many other urns available to the public, but they are not personalized to the uniqueness of the person and usually with less durable products than granite. They also plan to include other forms of memorials, such as headstones and walls as the company grows. They will endeavor to have the tribute prepared and delivered in time for the planned memorial services.
They want to ease a difficult time for many people when a loved one has passed. They will make their difficult decisions easier to handle by providing them with a meaningful tribute to the one that they have lost.
The company¡¯s goal is to become the predominate supplier of cremation urns to funeral directors and to the general public. They will do this by marketing to those in North America with the next goal, expanding into the European market.
One to 5 surfaces on the urn can be engraved. All the customer has to do is provide images of their loved one with personal photos, email photos, or they may choose one of our available designs. They laser the image onto the finest black granite. A singe image or a composite, all are done in a timely manner. This becomes a lasting memory at a reasonable cost.
The company believes that people in the state of grief have many difficult decisions to make and they want to ease their decision making efforts. They want to provide them with a quality product that will symbolize the love that they shared with the deceased.
They are in the memorial industry which will be undergoing a crucial change in the near future. As the population grows and the residents succumb to life¡¯s many challenges, cemetery space is in demand and thus the cost has become premium. NRP Stone is in a position to help maintain burial land while providing the bereaved with a beautiful memorial to their loved ones. Their business is the first to incorporate new techniques in providing this service.
Their strengths lie in the quality of our product and with our management team who provide many years of experience to this organization. The company vice-president has been in the memorial business since 1969 and has witnessed the many changes that funeral directors and the bereaved have had to endure.
With an increasing aging population, mortality numbers are on a constant increase. The planet will be unable to handle the burial of millions upon millions of people; therefore, they must look to other methods of handling the deceased without infringing upon the emotions of those grieving. One option to be considered is cremation. At the moment, cremations performed in the lesser populated states are fairly low while in the more populated states cremation is the norm. This is due to the lack of burial space available to citizens of large cities. Those that are adamant about traditional burials are paying an ever increasing price for the privilege. Cremation numbers are increasing and will continue to increase. Cremation is an economical solution to both the lack of burial space and the ever increasing costs of burial.
NRP Stone Inc. has introduced a product that will lovingly honor the memory of the dearly departed. They design and manufacture granite urns that can be laser¨Cetched with a tribute to the deceased. They are one of the first companies to offer such a product. There are many other urns available to the public, but they are not personalized to the uniqueness of the person and usually with less durable products than granite. They also plan to include other forms of memorials, such as headstones and walls as the company grows. They will endeavor to have the tribute prepared and delivered in time for the planned memorial services.
Alberta and Northern British Columbia are only the first step in an International marketing strategy. They are setting up distribution and engraving centers in Florida, Tennessee and California. As soon as resources and training of staff permit they will be opening more centers where they will be better able to service their customers.
Urn Dimensions
Deluxe Urns
Length ¨C 11.5¡å
Height ¨C 7¡å
Width ¨C 6¡å
Weight ¨C 15lbs
Cubic Urns
Length ¨C 9¡å
Height ¨C 8¡å
Width ¨C 4¡å
Weight ¨C 13lbs
Speciality Urns
NRP Stone can make almost any design or urn the customer desires. One example is a speciality urn that was made for a rancher and which is mounted on a fence post at the entrance to his ranch. The roof is green, the walls are red, and the base is black granite. Since the words on any color except for black are very hard to see using the laser technique, they used sandblasting for the text.
Speciality urn pricing is subject to the design.
Ordering & Pricing
They willprovide to their customers, urns created from the finest black granite that they can obtain throughout the world.They engrave these urns with pictures and/or phrases that have special meaning both to the deceased and the bereaved. The customer can provide their own selection of photos or they may choose from the many designs that the company has on hand. They are able to reproduce a good quality photo almost down to the eyelashes, so what is seen in the photo is seen on the urn, only in shades of black and white.
They will be able to provide this service to the customer on a priority basis, thus they will have the product delivered to them in just a few days. The amount of time before shipping will depend upon the clarity of the image that the customer provides and approves. They expect to have the urn in the customer¡¯s hand within a few days. If the customer contacts us through the funeral director they should have the urn in their hands before the memorial service.
Price List
Deluxe or Cubic Urn ¨C $375.00
Engravings for each face which includes up to 2 images and text ¨C $40.00
Additional images per face ¨C $40.00
Prices do not include shipping, handling, and taxes.
Another Sign Of The Recession ¡ª Cremation On The Rise
The recession has forced consumers to cut back on spending in almost every area of life. Now death, it seems, is no exception. The funeral industry is changing to accommodate budget-conscious families and the number of cremations is on the rise.
"These are tough economic times," said National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) spokesperson Jessica Koth, "and what we are hearing from our members is that more and more families are opting for cremation" as a low-cost alternative to a traditional burial.
It's not the service or the casket that breaks the bank, Koth said. According to NFDA's data, the average funeral package (with a casketed service and a burial) costs $4,277. A casketed service and cremation costs slightly less, about $4,054. The issue is that these packages don't include the grave, which can practically double the cost of a funeral.
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