It all began with a wire mesh grill… One of the more popular anecdotes on chance discoveries of new products tells how wire mesh park benches came into being (see photo). Purportedly first invented by a company in the business of producing protective metal grills...

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Founding a global trade organization for the stone branch, was the topic of a special meeting at this year’s Marmomacc. The brain-storming-session was conceived by organizers of the Verona Fair and hosted by the pan European Organization Euroroc, the umbrella trade organization for the various European national organizations.

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The building branch on the African Continent has experienced an all-out boom in recent years: spurred by excellent economic performance and large projects to boost infrastructure, the past 8 years have seen regular growth of 8.5% per year...

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The Spanish natural stone industry is presently stuck between a rock and a hard place what with the world wide financial crisis and problems on the national marketplace. Nevertheless, Manuel Sánchez Pérez, head of the Andalusian Marble Association FDP...

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A Marmomacc press release (Italian) highlights Lebanon’s potential as a promising market for Italian stone and machine industry. Accordingly not one but two options make this tiny East-Mediterranean country interesting: it has been experiencing a building boom...

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Natural stone extraction doubled
Brazil is indisputably a world power in today’s natural stone sector. Between 2000 and 2005, Brazil exactly doubled its extraction of natural stone from 2.25 million cubic metre...

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Italy in 4th position – Russia is the market of the future
The major players in the natural stone markets have dramatically changed in a short space of time. Italy as main producer and Germany as main customer...

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