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„Despite a decline of our block-exports to China, Trump’s tariffs can be favorable for Turkish deliveries to the US“
Interview with Banu Bekisoglu, member of the Board of the Aegean Minerals & Natural Stone Exporters (EIB)
„Çin’e yapılan blok ihracatındaki düşüşe rağmen Trump’ın uygulamaya koyduğu tarifeler, Türkiye’nin ABD’ye olan ihracatını olumlu etkileyebilir”
Ege Maden İhracatçıları Birliği Yönetim Kurulu üyesi Banu Bekişoğlu ile röportaj
NSI Technical Director Chuck Muehlbauer answers questions about tolerances or countertop overhang limits, and many more
Eighteen new „Queries + Quandaries“ articles have been added to the Natural Stone Resource Library for free usage
Call for entries for the 17th Pure Talents Contest of imm cologne until September 12, 2019
20 entries will be exhibited at the fair in January 2020 / the best one will be honored with prizes between €3000 and €1000
Artedomus: Natural Stone Design from Down Under with a penchant to ideas from Italy
The company’s new brand „New Volumes“ introduces solid marble objects to the market
Search for new products created with an innovative upcycling of waste and residue material
Application open for the 9. German RecyclingDesignAward until July 15, 2019 / Prize money totaling 4000 €
Coverings 2019 boasts nearly 1,100 exhibitors and almost 27,000 attendees from 90 countries
Once more the Installation & Design Awards were bestowed / New Orleans will welcome Coverings 2020
Earthquakes along the Dead Sea Rift may cause tsunamis threatening the coasts of the Gulf of Eilat-Aqaba
In 1995 such a tremor had happened with waves of 3 to 4 m height causing damage to Nuweiba harbor and to local nomad dwellings
Company news: Achilli’s CNC controlled saw named „Gold“
Its sturdy and monoblock design with a hot dipped galvanized frame guarantees many years of reliable performance
Tino Design Contest: Ideas for functional household items made from a slab of Black Dune Marble
One of the competition guidelines set by the Spanish Company was that no natural stone should be wasted
Peter Randall-Page at Kloster Schoenthal near Basel, Switzerland until November 10, 2019
Shown are 5 new large scale granite sculptures and works in iron, marble and bronze as well as a selection of works on paper and sketchbooks
Bulgarian sculptress Agnessa Petrova creates monumental stone sculptures
Change is part of the art: from real to abstract, from sculpture to painting, transience between the materials
Brasigran’s Moulin Rouge Granite – a symbol for Brazil’s Red Earth in São Paulo’s Les Cinq Gym
According to the Chinese philosophy of the Five Elements, body and soul can be transformed and aligned by sport and fitness
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
The new Statue of Liberty Museum on Liberty Island was opened to the public on May 2019. The building uses the same Stony Creek Granite which has been serving for the pedestal of the monument since 1874