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Engineered Stone Countertop Demand in the USA to Grow 4.5% Annually Through 2022

Engineered Stone Countertop Demand in the USA to Grow 4.5% Annually Through 2022

During the 2012-2017 period, growth had even been 28% mainly due to sales advances in the residential market

How producers of ceramics, quartz composites, and engineered stone practice plagiarism

How producers of ceramics, quartz composites, and engineered stone practice plagiarism

Protecting names such as „Marble“ or „Calacatta“ is the topic of discussions / A clean slate for the stone branch?

China: increase in imports of natural stone, decrease in exports

China: increase in imports of natural stone, decrease in exports

Local production of marble slabs was up slightly but down significantly for granite slabs

Market researchers at New World Wealth analyze to which countries and cities the super-rich are moving to and which they are leaving

Market researchers at New World Wealth analyze to which countries and cities the super-rich are moving to and which they are leaving

Australia, the USA and Canada lead in growth as most popular for new arrivals

Only the export of value-added products, not of raw blocks, can make a difference in a country’s economy

Only the export of value-added products, not of raw blocks, can make a difference in a country’s economy

The World Bank has based its latest report on global wealth on a new method of calculation

NEOM on the coast of the Gulf of Aqaba: Saudi Arabia is planning the future

NEOM on the coast of the Gulf of Aqaba: Saudi Arabia is planning the future

On a vast terrain an ambitious building project is dedicated to sustainability – stone should be a natural choice

K. Vikram Rastogi: winning new ground and making Stone popular for India’s stone branch with sculpting festivals

K. Vikram Rastogi: winning new ground and making Stone popular for India’s stone branch with sculpting festivals

Journalist, educationalist and entrepreneur is an indefatigable proponent of India’s stone branch

Brazil’s Grupo Guidoni aims to corner European markets with its exotic stone, not with its competitive pricing

Brazil’s Grupo Guidoni aims to corner European markets with its exotic stone, not with its competitive pricing

The sector’s giant is currently compiling a hub in Italy’s city of Affi near Verona with space for some 2,700 slabs and a showroom

„Ceramic interpretation of natural stone“ and other fancy product descriptions

„Ceramic interpretation of natural stone“ and other fancy product descriptions

Can the stone branch undertake steps to stop plagiarism by ceramics and engineered stone? A compilation and taking stock

IMIB goes Monte Carlo: the Turkish natural stone trade organization showed apparel in marble design in the city of the beautiful and rich

IMIB goes Monte Carlo: the Turkish natural stone trade organization showed apparel in marble design in the city of the beautiful and rich

Designers Ezra and Tuba Çetin designed clothing, shoes and accessories on the rocks

Red Silestone Eros Stellar to reflect raising tensions between the characters in the drama

Red Silestone Eros Stellar to reflect raising tensions between the characters in the drama

Cosentino has placed its engineered stone as kitchen countertop in the new film by Spanish director Álex de la Iglesia

Premios Macael, the Iberian Macael Marble distinction was awarded for the 31st time

Premios Macael, the Iberian Macael Marble distinction was awarded for the 31st time

The award is a mark of distinction for international projects incorporating natural or engineered stone worked by Andalusian producers

Global Housing Report: Demand to be strongest in North America through 2021 while potential crisis looms in Western Europe

Global Housing Report: Demand to be strongest in North America through 2021 while potential crisis looms in Western Europe

In China and India urbanization and new household formation are driving the market

Why do Italian natural stone products sell at an average of 1,250 US-$/t, but those from Turkey at a mere 450 US-$/t?

Why do Italian natural stone products sell at an average of 1,250 US-$/t, but those from Turkey at a mere 450 US-$/t?

Answers to many questions are provided in Dr. Carlo Montani’s Statistical Yearbook „XXVIII Report Marble and Stones in the World 2017“

Euroroc: turning the ECJ judgment on „Soya Milk“ into a virtue to protect natural stone names such as „Marble“ or „Granite“

Euroroc: turning the ECJ judgment on „Soya Milk“ into a virtue to protect natural stone names such as „Marble“ or „Granite“

The European umbrella organization for the natural stone branch is undertaking an investigation of plagiarized product-names