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Benetti Macchine: More safety and automation for 4.0 Marble Industry
The Italian company will be present at Marmomacc 2019 with a completely renewed booth
Archive: all the stone news
The list of Global Heritage Stone Resource (GHSR) grew by 8 to 22 this year
For the first time stones from Asia, North and South America are represented
Call for entries from all over Europe for the German Natural Stone Award 2020 with prizes of 30,000 € in total
The competition honors outstanding design and contemporary construction using natural stone
Menhirs and a burial cairn site excavated at the Massif Central in France
A long time ago, the stones had been knocked down maybe to make them invisible in the landscape
On Leonardo da Vinci’s anniversary National Geographic commissioned a robot to recreate a statue showing the master himself
The sculpture of Luigi Pampaloni dating back to 1842 was copied by Tor Art Carrara using a CNC-Machine
Exhibition „Atl, Earth, Wind and Fire: Sublime Sensation” in the MUNAL in Mexico City through September 29, 2019
Gerardo Murillo Cornado (1875-1964), known as Dr. Atl, depicted nature’s peaceful landscape and wild volcano eruptions
Capital of Islamic Culture 2019: Al-Quds (Jerusalem), Tunis, Badar Seri Begawan and Bissau
Islamic Conference of Culture Ministers is bestowing the title for the Arab Region, Asia and Africa
Castleton Tower: Utah’s red rock metronome
Seismic readings by University of Utah scientists reveal Castleton Tower’s unseen vibrations
With „Ecco“ Akdo Company, together with designer Craig Copeland, is implementing the Twin-Stone-Technology for modern furniture manufacturing
Two slabs of super-thin stone are laminated together and mounted on a stainless-steel porter
WorldSkills 2019 in Kazan, Russia: Quan Zheng is the winner of the gold medal in the stonemasons’ category
Silver went to Sebastian Rudolf Wienerroither, Austria, Bronze to Allan Bontemps, France
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
Marvelous little things for everyday usage made of marble are produced by Apuana Corporate, a network of designers and stone companies from the Carrara region
Evergreen of stone design: „Alzabile“ floor lamp by Ignazio Gardella from 1948
The base of the famous object for everyday usage was made of marble / Available in new metal versions from Italian Tato Lighting company
Blockchain ante portas: new transparency for the natural stone market
A digital system can reveal complete traceability of the origin and production-site of every stone product
Application open until October 08, 2019 for the „Talente“ (talents) competition at the Munich International Skilled Trades Fair next year
Craftspeople until their mid-thirties may enter with special works in design or technology respectively
Table „Icon“ by designer Giorgio Soressi for Italian company Costantini Pietro
Calacatta Gold marble or wood respectively for the table top and base made of stainless steel or lacquered metal