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„Help recruit, retain and advance women in the stone industry“
„Women in Stone“ is a workgroup called to life by the Marble Institute of America (MIA) and the Building Stone Institute (BSI) / „Wine & Stone“
Exhibit in Knoxville about once famous East Tennessee’s Marble Industry
The natural stone sector was an important sector of the state’s economy / Stone chosen for many representative buildings
SGI’s „12 Mythic Marbles“ wins two more awards in design and communication
The presentation combines natural stones with ancient stories from the regions they are quarried
The aim is to have stone drywall construction recognized as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
Trade organizations and private individuals can support the initiative by writing to the French Ministry of Culture
Marmomacc 2016: Hall 1 demonstrated how stone processing changed in a mere two generations
„50 Years of Living Marble“ and „New Marble Generation“ – two presentations demonstrating the initial design work in natural stone and the latest experiments
Chess sets showing the splendor of art and of precious materials, among them natural stone
„Animal, Vegetable, Mineral“ is the title of a new exhibition at the World Chess Hall of Fame in Saint Louis (MO)
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Business cards with ultra-thin stone veneer surface in real marble have been developed by Mikol Company
Modern construction in natural stone: an elegant saddle-shaped roofed entrance
Bari Politecnico’s Giuseppe Fallacara used tensioned steel bars to fasten the hovering hypar structure
Collection of bottles in marble by Salvatori company: „Omaggio a Morandi“
Designer Elisa Ossino got inspired by the simple forms in painter Giorgio Morandi’s still life images
Statistically profits of natural stone producing companies increased considerably in 2015
Dr. Carlo Montani presents his facts and figures for 2015 in his „Report marble and stones in the world“ / 2016 started up with considerable negative growth for exports