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2021 was a “Golden Year“ for the Turkish natural stone sector

The country achieved an increase of +20.54% in exports by value compared to the previous year, and compared to 2019, the last normal year before the pandemic, as much as +13%

Exhibition „Marble“ with a creative zone for visitors at the Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg, Denmark

The show through August 04, 2022, takes place on the occasion of the 50th birthday of the museum building

The EU Commission has sent Protected Geographical Indications (GI) also for natural stone on the way to legislation

Following the decision of the Brussels Parliament and Council, misleading stone names will be prohibited on the Community markets in the future

BLACK MARBLE OF CALATORAO (Mármol Negro de Calatorao) from Spanish Gramablack company has an intense and deep dark tone

Salone del Mobile (June 07 – 12, 2022): Plants are roommates in the modern apartment

Three prizes of €20,000 each offered for “New ideas for Carrara and its marble“

The Carrara 2030 initiative of 9 companies from the Apuan Alps wants to promote the local stones as a material for an ecological future

An exhibition at the New York City Met organized around French sculptor Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux‘s famous white marble bust “Why Born Enslaved!“ (1868) looks at early American emancipation depicted in 35 artworks

Miscelleneous: ideas around natural stone

„Gemma“ is how Italian Sicis company calls its collection of ceiling lamps. The light falls through a glass emulating gems. Designer was Massimiliano Raggi

Stone+tec Congress during the trade fair in Nuremberg (June 22-25, 2022): focus on sustainability in building with natural stone and on the cemetery as a “Space for mourning“

In the virtual showrooms of the second generation, the possibilities of augmented reality will also play a role in the sale of natural stone in the future

The Turkish company Alimoğlu presented the prototype of its “Metaverse“ at the Marble Izmir 2022 trade fair