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Natural stone focus on the Arabian Peninsula: The Sultanate of Oman wants to become a player in the global market with its domestic marbles, Italy is focusing more on Saudi Arabia and the UAE

Marmomac 2025: our final report reveals two of the new natural stone influencers, the winners of the Masters of Stone and the Best Communicator Award

Outside the exhibition grounds, the show also took place on Spotify / Slight declines in exhibitor and visitor numbers

Cersaie 2025: Sustainability remains a major topic in the ceramics industry

Extremely thin tiles and extremely large formats as well as full-body technology were also presented at the trade fair in Bologna

“Red in progress” from November 26 to 28, 2025: the Salone del Mobile.Milan furniture fair will showcase its brand color in a prelude to its big appearance in the center of the Saudi capital next year

Meeting at Marmomac 2025: the new Natural Stone Strategic Alliance (NSSA) will create a platform for comparable EPDs as its first official project

Brazil introduced the software with which it aims to conquer an innovative and promising market

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“

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

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

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

New options for natural stone are the theme of “Epiphanies” in Hall 10 at Marmomac 2025

As curator, Raffaello Galiotto has invited international designers and architects to the show as part of the fair’s Plus Theatre

Marmomac Meets Academies 2025: From stone powder use to a blend of slate and polymer

The installation “Fabula Litica: La Foresta Incantata” (Fable in Stone: The Enchanted Forest) in Hall 10 showcases new ideas for the application of natural stone

Stone+tec in Nürnberg, Germany, will take place from June 17 to 20, 2026

Main topics are “Building with natural stone,“ “Equipment for professionals,“ and “Place of remembrance“ (cemeteries)

In 2026, the trade fair “Stone“ in Poznán, Poland, will be co-located with Budma architecture fair (February 03 – 06) and aims to showcase the entire field of stone applications