Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cambria (company)


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The result was   keep. postdlf (talk) 06:08, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Cambria (company)

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Non-notable company. However, I am not opposed to a partial merge and redir to Davisco Foods International. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 00:13, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I created this years ago. You would think they were notable since they are well known, but I remember it being difficult 4 years ago to source.  Someone had asked me create it, a new user I think, so I did.  I will see about sourcing it in the next day or two, or hopefully the visitors here will look for sources.  I trust the judgement of the community, and only ask we look around before merging to make sure that would be the best outcome.  Dennis Brown -  2&cent;    &copy;  Join WER 00:17, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Potential reasons for notability:
 * 1) On Google Books, I found one apparently independent source that covers the companies primary product Transmaterial: A Catalog of Materials That Redefine our Physical Environment, p. 34 (ISBN 9781568985633).
 * 2) There are many claims online (probably none are truly independent) that Cambria is the only US manufacturer of Engineered quartz.
 * I don't know how much either counts for notability, let other editors judge. הסרפד (Hasirpad) [formerly Ratz...bo] 01:41, 18 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Strong keep: Anecdotally, the idea that Cambria isn't notable would be incomprehensible to anyone living in Minnesota. It doesn't appear that Cambria is a subsidiary of Davisco Foods.  This businessweek overview mentions nothing of that, and the link provided in this article and in the Davisco Foods article doesn't work.  The Davis family started out in food and later founded Cambria, but they currently appear to be separate.  Cambria now owns Sun Country Airlines, which they purchased for $34 million Star Tribune Star Tribune Mankato Free Press.  Cambria was ranked #4 in 2007 in Entrepreneur (magazine)'s "Hot 500" PDF list overview (This also gives information that Cambria was not a spinoff of a parent company). This article is with an interview with Marty Davis and includes talk of expansion to Asia.  It also mentions that Cambria was born of Davisco foods, but doesn't necessarily say it was a subsidiary (I think, I've only skimmed it).  It also mentions the US 169 Cambria Silo (which previously advertised for 7up).  That in itself deserves a long section, if not an article.  Here's some commentary of the legal battle related to the silo     (I actually haven't figured out why the silo was able to say).  They have opened a design center in California  and are the only producer of natural quartz surfaces in the US  a majority of the highbeam sources I've seen talk about the minimal environmental impact of the countertops; however, I'm not entirely sure these last two highbeam sources aren't press releases. Ryan Vesey 01:47, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep per Ryan. After checking out his sources, it appears much more is now available online about the company, enough to firmly establish notability.  The article definitely needs updating, but at least we know the material to do so exists.  Excellent job, Ryan.  Dennis Brown -  2&cent;    &copy;  Join WER 02:39, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I'll try to get to it, and see if I can get some pictures before I fly back to school. The Le Sueur plant  is pretty well known. Ryan Vesey 02:42, 18 December 2012 (UTC)


 * In that case keep. הסרפד (Hasirpad) [formerly Ratz...bo] 03:49, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep – It appears they also have sponsorship/partnership agreements with the Minnesota Twins, Wild, and Timberwolves Major League sports teams: Mojoworker (talk) 06:44, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep - Poorly sourced, but it would appear that their place as sole-producer in the US of quartz countertops would be a suitable claim to fame even if they were little more that could be added here — which there can. Carrite (talk) 18:58, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep I think being the sole producer of something would definitely lend to it meeting WP:GNG. - Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 22:15, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep - No valid reason for deletion. -T.I.M(Contact) 00:23, 19 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Snow keep - This topic clearly passes WP:GNG. Source examples include, but are not limited to:
 * Cambria deal gives new life to Sun Country | StarTribune.com
 * Sun Country is on the rise | StarTribune.com
 * Cambria Holdings paid $34 million for Sun Country Airlines » Latest news » The Free Press, Mankato, MN
 * Cambria's paint job raises silo ruckus
 * — Northamerica1000(talk) 02:16, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 19:06, 19 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep The sources listed by NA would allow this article to pass under WP:COMPANY. As stated above, this may be a snow closure. Mkdw talk 00:41, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
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