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Peter’s Corner: the prospects for the natural stone sector for 2022 are good, but it should have its own achievements in terms of “green“, not just profit from the material itself

The ceramic industry is under extreme pressure due to energy prices

The manufacturers of artificial stones are also likely to be affected, because they use heat and pressure for production

Europeans had an average of €15,055 at their disposal in 2021

The study “GfK Purchasing Power Europe 2021” examined how much money consumers ultimately had available for spending and saving

Antolini is the official partner of 3 ski schools in Val Gardena in the Dolomites for 3 years: name-dropping on the red suits of the instructors for rapid descents or gentle turns

The Danish shipping company Maersk wants to switch to “green“ methanol for its ships

The world’s largest transport company is having 8 new container ships built, which will have a long-term impact on the entire transportation sector

The 2nd season of the documentary series “Uomini di Pietra“ (Men of Stone) is underway: the tough guys in the quarries of Henraux have been joined by a woman

The six films of 60 minutes each show the challenges of quarrying the marble in the mountains near Carrara

Peter’s Corner: the Marmomac Icon Award of the year 2021, the plastic table lamp “Teddy Boy“ enlarged in stone, is a disaster for the entire sector

Italy remains world leader as exporter of natural stone machinery and equipment

In 2020, the Corona pandemic brought a global decline in exports in this sector of (-)8% to US$ 2.042 billion

Dr. Carlo Montani: the stone sector survived Covid-19 almost unscathed, and something has been happening in the global stone traveling circus for some years now

The master of statistics presented his assessments of developments in 2020 at Marmomac

The Via Appia from Roman times provides evidence of the excellent eco-balance of natural stone as a surface for paths and squares

The German Natural Stone Association (DNV) has presented a study on external paving, which is also available in English for the worldwide sector to download free of charge

Peter’s Corner on Marmomac 2021: the trade fair showed groundbreaking ideas for the future self-portrayal of the stone sector, but unfortunately also indecision on the important topic of sustainability

“Stoneroom” is the simple name Antolini gave its new showroom in Milan next to the cathedral

The interior architect and designer Alessandro La Spada designed the 600 square meters of exhibition space

Looking back at the Covid-19 crisis: in Germany, domestic consumption of natural stone rose by +7.9% to €612 million in 2020

Especially domestic producers benefited and increased by +7.5% by value

“Alpi 4.0“: Grassi Pietre makes terrazzo from small remnants of its stones

The company from the vicinity of Verona is also not afraid to work with engineered stones, as demonstrated a few years ago with Pietranova

The campaign “It’s Natural – Brazilian Natural Stone“ is intended to open up new markets, especially for the country’s quartzites

One way to achieve this is to use the funds of the state export promotion also for more professionalism in the companies