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Webinar of the Natural Stone Institute (NSI): “How the Stone Industry is reacting to Covid-19”
Three heads of large companies in the US reported on their strategies and how they use internal and external communication, for example
Micellaneous: ideas with natural stone
Ring Grips with super-thin stone “so you don’t drop your phone” is how Mikol Marmi describes its newest product
Marmomac 2020: 10 international designers re-interprete marble by forming the age-old and eternal material with young and modern technologies
Shown will be sculptural furniture and unexpected objects as well as essential and minimal shapes or ideas focusing on the stone’s veins and colors
Italy’s natural stone industry officially comes out of the shutdown on May 04, 2020
Many companies had already been back in business for a week and completed interrupted orders / Follow-up projects have been postponed or canceled altogether
Chen Guoqing: „China’s economy is expected to return to its normal growth rate in the third quarter of 2020”
In last decade, the country has consumed about 90% of its natural stone volume each year on the home market, according to the president of China’s national stone association CSMA, exports accounted only for 10%
Thanks to its quartzites, Brazil seems to be coming out of the valley of tears for the first time since 2013
The country’s stone industry recorded an increase in exports of almost (+)2% in 2019, while Brazil’s total exports fell by (-)6.8%
U.S. Geological Survey releases first-ever comprehensive geologic map of the moon
Researchers merged new and old data from Apollo and recent satellite missions to develop a unified description of the stratigraphy, or rock layers, of our nearest neighbor in space
A „Lithic Fabric” in ivy keeps heat out but lets light in
Professor Giuseppe Fallacara from the Polytechnic University of Bari uses natural stone for an innovative façade cladding
Redefine the existing cemeteries or alternative sites of burial as „spaces for mourning”
Scientific studies in Germany have shown the importance of saying goodbye and the role of individual rituals in this context
Natural Stone Institute: online discussion „How the Stone Industry Is Responding to COVID-19“ on April, 30 (1:00-2:00pm EST, 18:00 GMT)
Participation is free and open also for non-NSI-members / More specified webinars for fabricators