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World demand for countertops to grow in the next three years

According to the “World Countertops” report that the Freedonia Group recently published, by 2023 world demand for bathroom and kitchen countertops will reach 540 million square meters, showing average annual growth of 2.6% over the next three years. [...]

January 31, 2020 Magazine @en

USA: the trend in imports of finished granite and marble products

According to US International Trade Commission data analyzed and circulated by “Stone Update”, in September 2019 the United States imported 113,758 tons of finished granite products, 12.1% less than in September 2018: a brusque downturn after a first half of the [...]

January 31, 2020 Magazine @en

MIDDLE EAST STONE 2019: stones and technologies Made in Italy featured in Dubai

From November 25 to 28 the Dubai World Trade Centre hosted the fifth edition of MIDDLE EAST STONE, the reference event for the United Arab Emirates devoted exclusively to ornamental stones, stone-working technologies and complementary products. [...]

January 31, 2020 Magazine @en

Marmo+Mac 2019: stone culture, projects and synergy

Marmo+Mac 2019 opened its doors on September 25 and was even more of an international event, attentive to promoting stone sector business and culture in close synergy with the sector’s main stakeholders, like the reference association, Confindustria Marmomacchine [...]

December 1, 2019 Magazine @en

Italian stone technologies: 2018 exports down 10.5% from the peak in 2017

After a 2017 in which, thanks to growth of 24.7% from the previous year, Italy’s techno-stone sales to foreign markets reached a record 1.253 million euros, in 2018 exports of machines, installations, equipment, tools and consumables Made in Italy for [...]

July 25, 2019 Magazine @en

Final 2018 figures: a limited downturn (-4,5%) in Italy’s stone exports

If 2017 had ended with essential stability in Italy’s exports of ornamental stones, remaining on the record levels of the two previous years, the 2018 statistics processed by the Confindustria Marmomacchine Studies Center showed an overall downturn – albeit limited [...]

July 25, 2019 Magazine @en