Architecture news / Archive»
- Vivienda CM in Buenos Aires: travertine for the exterior walls and roof of a residential building
- The lobby of Arizona State University’s Washington Center is adorned with desert sandstone worked with CNC-cuts and sandblasting
Design news / Archive»
- Luxury design for the elevator cabin: various features against Coronavirus contagion of passengers, light shapes the box, natural stone or full-size monitors for the walls
- Salvatori shows its novelties 2020 only in the media – even without the furniture fair in Milan and Design Week
Markets: Selling Stone»
- Italian Biesse Group has published the 3. edition of its Sustainability Report
- In the BioProMarL project, researchers hope to give the stone surfaces new properties, modelled on the lotus effect
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
- Middle East Stone and The Big 5 in Dubai postponed to next year (2021) September 12 – 15
- Message from Xiamen Stone Fair as the Covid-19 virus is spreading in some regions in the Americas, Africa, and India: “We care much about you”
Stone Stories»
Art news / Archive»
- Application open until October 01, 2020: 10 to 15 grants for artists from or living in the Arab world, and/or engaged with the Arab world
- For young emerging Tunesian artists: the Rambourg Foundation Prize for Contemporary Art (submissions postponed to July 15, 2020)
Briefly noted»
Technology
Italian Achilli company: „Evolution in Stone Technology“
At the fair in Verona will be presented CNC bridge saws, bench saws, floor grinders and more stone machinery
Benetti Macchine: More safety and automation for 4.0 Marble Industry
The Italian company will be present at Marmomacc 2019 with a completely renewed booth
On Leonardo da Vinci’s anniversary National Geographic commissioned a robot to recreate a statue showing the master himself
The sculpture of Luigi Pampaloni dating back to 1842 was copied by Tor Art Carrara using a CNC-Machine
Company news: at Marmomac, Thibaut shows 5 machines and multiple equipment for machining all types of natural or agglomerated materials
The French machinery company will also show workpieces (kitchentops, bathroom, monuments) produced with its equipment
Company news: Intermac, Donatoni Macchine, and Montresor will show the latest stone machining technology in Hall 5 of Marmomac
„Added productivity, cost reduction, safety, and technological innovation are at the heart of Donatoni design,“ according to a press release
Company news: Achilli’s CNC controlled saw named „Gold“
Its sturdy and monoblock design with a hot dipped galvanized frame guarantees many years of reliable performance
Which path will the art of sculpting pursue when – in future – a work of art is worked out of a raw block by a robotic arm?
In Hall 1 of Marmomac 2018, the gap between modern CNC Machinery and artistic work was inspected and illuminated
Natural Stone Institute Releases Quarrier Toolbox Talks
Exams and 10 documents outlining best practices to maintain health and safety of quarriers are available for free
Turkish Company Silkar/Akdo shows what millimeter-thin stone sheets can do
Technical novelties do not always compete with the original marble or granite
The new Thibaut T952 is an all-in-one machine – a combination sawing center, machining center and polishing center
French producer has targeted small stonemasonry enterprises as its clients
