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Italy’s natural stone sector has also coped well with the Covid-19 pandemic

The companies there and around the world were able to adapt spontaneously to the fact that natural stone is regarded by the public as a crisis-proof value investment

Portugal also saw strong increases in its natural stone exports in 2021 compared to the previous year (by value: +17.62%), although this is only +1.89% compared to the last pre-Covid year 2019

Natural stone from Belgium always comes from Wallonia, and among the famous from there is the petit granite or the red and black marble

The local stones still characterize the face of the villages today

The stone sector of Ukraine, located in the regions west of the Dnieper River, continues to operate despite the war and is looking for export partners in the West

Ornamental stone can play a key role in goods

In Austria, the natural stone prizes of the year 2022 were awarded

Categories were: apprentices, design, gravestones, and monument preservation / The initiator is the Federal Guild of Stonemasons, cooperating with the (Steinzentrum Hallein) Hallein Stone Center

In 2021, consumption of natural stone in Germany increased by +10.6% (by value) compared to the previous year

The total of stone products sold amounted to € 677.6 million, of which more than half was imported from abroad

A survey by the Swedish Natural Stone Association: young people want more traditional forms of burial, i.e., in a cemetery and with a headstone

For the first time, an association has obtained a database on this topic

World Wealth Report: which countries are the preferred whereabouts for the rich and super-rich?

The top 10 targets in 2022 will be UAE, Australia, Singapore, Israel, Switzerland, the US, Portugal, Greece, Canada, and New Zealand

Under the name “LASA !ndividual®“, the well-known white marble is now also available in a product line with colors and structures that were previously unusual for this stone

Italy’s stone sector was chosen as the country’s first industry branch to be internationally promoted by the new campaign titled “Italy is simply extraordinary: be IT”

Brazil’s state of Bahia has published an updated edition of its Atlas of Ornamental Stones (“Atlas de Rochas Ornamentais“) with 188 varieties available for free download

Peter’s Corner: when, if not now, does the natural stone sector want to put extra effort into marketing?

Low-cost countries like China have supply problems, customers value domestic materials, and the competitors’ costs are skyrocketing

The stone sector as a field with “excitement, fun, and a real lot of potential“

Caroline Lenner from Sweden brings innovative concepts to her father’s gravestone business after years of study and experience in many industries

During the 2022 Bond Events-Five Star held in The Bahamas, Brazilian exporters introduced the large variety of their natural stones to about 50 senior professionals of architects and interior designers

In the virtual showroom of the furniture company Draenert individual tours or demonstrations of the extension tables are also possible

However, the 3D offer is only a fishing rod, which is designed from a distance and is meant to awaken the customer’s desire for a real visit to the factory