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Turkey is currently facing challenging times
The difficult situation was not evident at the Trade Fair Marble in Izmir (Mach 22- 25, 2017)
Reports from Trade Fairs
3. Transylvania Stone Expo from May 25 – 27, 2017 in the city of Cluj-Napoca in Romania
Organizer is the regional Stonemasons’ Association APTRA
Euroroc-members visited the Xiamen Trade Fair
25 representatives of natural stone trade organizations accepted an invitation to China
Xiamen Stone Fair 2017: Significant growth in foreign visitors
10 % decline in exhibitors from abroad / Brazilian „Samba“ team again winner of the Lundhs football tournament
Xiamen Stone Fair has now its focus on a qualitative growth in order to become the worldwide showcase for news in the branch
The 17th issue in 2017 brought only moderate increase in the numbers of visitors / Continuing trend to intricate booth design
Cancellation of cancellation: Vitória Stone Fair will now take place in June 06-09, 2017
Since long time, exhibitors had been discontented with the February date due its proximity to carnival and Xiamen Stone Fair
Stonemart India: branch beseeches politicians, not to fix higher luxury goods tariffs on natural stone
At Jaipur’s Trade Fair in the State of Rajasthan preventative lobbying was under way to avert the worst
Another new stone fair in Turkey: Project Marble Eurasia
The event will be held in Istanbul August 23 – 26, 2017 and will be the 6th such sectoral show
Latest news: Vitória Stone Fair CANCELLED due to concerns about safety for exhibitors and visitors
The city of Vitória has seen riots in the streets and the deployment of soldiers from special forces
Latest news: Vitória Stone Fair may be cancelled
The city has been suffering from a wave of shooting, looting and assaults in the streets due to a police strike
Egypt’s stone export is likely to grow by 15% over the next four years
Presentation of Dr. Carlo Montani’s report about the country’s stone sector during MS Marmomacc + Samoter Africa fairs organized by Veronafiere
Canada will be entertaining its own natural stone trade fair as of Mai 2017
According to the organizers, the country has noted a growth in import of natural stone by 40% in the last 5 years
Marmomacc 2016: Hall 1 demonstrated how stone processing changed in a mere two generations
„50 Years of Living Marble“ and „New Marble Generation“ – two presentations demonstrating the initial design work in natural stone and the latest experiments
Ceramic natural stone mockups have achieved a deep surface luster practically indistinguishable from the Real McCoy
Technological innovation in production emulates marble and granite to a T
„Marmomacc and the City“ once more part of the Trade Fair’s supporting program
As in years past, the Verona Trade Fair was, once again, a stage for creativity in the stone branch particularly for Italian companies