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Architecture with natural stone»
- Brasigran’s Moulin Rouge Granite – a symbol for Brazil’s Red Earth in São Paulo’s Les Cinq Gym
- Swedish Natural Stone Award 2018
Design with natural stone»
- Tino Design Contest: Ideas for functional household items made from a slab of Black Dune Marble
- Lithea Company’s new natural stone collection refers to the Byzantine Empire
Markets: Selling Stone»
- Europe has endorsed considering social and ecological issues in public procurement
- Euroroc informs: The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) approves tariffs against Quartz Products from China
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
- Coverings 2019 boasts nearly 1,100 exhibitors and almost 27,000 attendees from 90 countries
- Italian Stone Theatre at Marmomac 2019: „Naturality: The Uniqueness and Purity of Natural Stone“
Stone Stories»
- Earthquakes along the Dead Sea Rift may cause tsunamis threatening the coasts of the Gulf of Eilat-Aqaba
- The „breathing“ of magma chambers below the ocean may cause soft earthquakes related to the tides
Art: Sculpting with Marble etc»
- Application open for the 2019 prize of the German Daniel Henry Kahnweiler Foundation for sculpture and installations
- Peter Randall-Page at Kloster Schoenthal near Basel, Switzerland until November 10, 2019
Briefly noted»
Markets: Selling Stone
Zou Chuansheng: China’s natural stone branch must devote more attention to its more demanding private clientele
Former CSMIA President calls for more advisory expertise and more service
Ruling by the ECJ could be relevant for the stone branch: product names such as „Vegetable-Butter“ or „Veggie-Cheese“ are not permitted
The European Court of Justice prohibits plagiarism or inflationary use of food labels, as known in the ceramic and engineered stone branch
A „BBQ and epicurean block“ to put natural stone into scene at the gardening trade fair
Swiss Alfredo Polti Company set a 23 t block in the center of its display garden with copious stone ideas at Zurich’s Giardina
Natural stone consumption in Germany in 2016 fell by (-)3.6% by volume equaling (-)6.1% by value
Statistics show a continuous downward trend in sales prices also affecting local production
Brasigran’s colorful quartzites bring ancient prairie life to a new lease
The Brazilian company with innovative marketing ideas named its new collection „American Natives“ with labels like „Apache“, „Cherokee“ or „Sioux“
Brittany endorses its granite with a Geographical Indication (GI) seal
The seal is not only a marketing tool, it doubles as a means of establishing a network within the branch
Italy registered negative growth of natural stone exports in 2016 relative to the previous year
Turnover in value-added marble products saw marked increase of „Made in Italy“
Telling the story how Areniscas Rosal’s stones are part of Southern Europe’s lifestyle and history
Under the slogan „The Mediterranean at home“ the Spanish company’s stones are more than a mere building material but share the culture from the South
Accused companies: our quartz composites DO NOT contain hazardous materials!
The owner of a stonemasonry workshop in Versailles had samples analyzed and found Cadmium / Cosentino and Stone Italiana sent a clear statement to Stone-Ideas.com
At this year’s Design Week in Milan, IMM Carrara presented a show called „La Luce del Marmo“ in which the Marble Region was presented
The event was connected to the Architectural Fair Made Expo venue and had as venue the City Center shopping mall
