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Stone+tec 2026 (June 17 – 20) in Nuremberg is continuing to grow and will include new areas

Main themes will be “Building with natural stone,“ “Equipment for professionals“, and “Place of remembrance“

BRECCIA MEDICEA, a unique natural stone formed during 200 million years of sedimentation, with color tones ranging from pink and violet to deep red and walnut, from the Apuan Alps in Tuscany

Bathroom vanities: new US tariffs against the global furniture industry complete Trump’s economic madness

The new rules now also apply to natural quartzites from Brazil, but only if they have been cut to size there

Marmomac 2025: at the Museo Lapidario Maffeiano, right on Piazza Bra, Raffaello Galiotto presents the exhibition “Axis Mundi” with forms inspired by nature and created using CNC machines

Lecture at Marmomac (Wednesday, September 24, 12.15 pm, Hall 10): How a massive pinnacle in lofty heights at Washington National Cathedral was repaired after the 2011 earthquake

In the STONE FINDER and at Marmomac 2025

We have compiled entries from our worldwide database that are on show at company booths at the stone fair in Verona

We have compiled a list of “Green Pluses for Natural Stone” and made it available online for free download and use by all members of the industry

GALA MS white marble, a fine-grained stone with grey and brownish veins, quarried by Marble Sachanas company in Northern Greece

“Visions for Europe” is the motto of the 2nd International Sculpture Symposium in Walhorn in eastern Belgium, not far from the German border, from September 22 to October 4, 2025

Solid construction with natural stone: For (private) buildings with a long lifespan, facade protection, cleaning, and maintenance will become an important issue

Interview with the siblings Alessandra Pettenon (Presidente Esecutivo) and Francesco Pettenon (CEO) at Fila Surface Solutions, Italy

Small-Scale Stone Art: Richard Swan Enchants with Colorful Animal Reliefs

For both the artist and Hutton Stone, the supplier of the sandstone, the collaboration is a mutually beneficial partnership

The world’s most beautiful stones in the Stone Finder: GOLOVINSKI LABRADORITE with a cosmic appearance, quarried by Golovinski company in Ukraine in slabs of 3000×2000 mm

Marmomac 2025: Brazil underscores its ambitions as a major player in the international natural stone sector and rents the entire Hall 1

The South Americans are coming with 41 exhibitors and will also offer a restaurant serving home cuisine

“Language for Stone“: Sounds from Lithophone and Violin Blended with Poetry Recitations

The Rome-based publisher Archaeological Records has released an audio recording showcasing stone chimes

“Stone Next – Visions of Future Stone“ is one of the four exhibitions in The Plus Theatre in Hall 10 of Marmomac