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08/05/2012
ITALIAN STONE IN THE FOREFRONT WORLD-WIDE IN THE RUN-UP TO MARMOMACC AT VERONAFIERE 26-29 SEPTEMBER 2012
Final data for the fourth quarter 2011 confirm the trend: the Italian stone industry is expanding again on international markets. Despite the crisis, exports closed at 1.266 billion euros with an increase of 4% over 2010. An international focus, then, in the run-up to Marmomacc 2012, the leding event in the natural stone field that this year also inaugurates a B2B platform dedicated to meetings between exhibitors and architects from all over the world. Las Vegas, Doha and Riyadh are the stop-offs for Marmomacc in the World.
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07/05/2012
RUSSIA CALLS AND MARBLE MADE IN ITALY RESPONDS WITH VERONA FORUM STONE 2012
Three days - 17-19 May - dedicated to promoting the Verona marble district in Russia. This is the objective of Verona Forum Stone, now at its second edition. The initiative, promoted by stone industry entrepreneurs in the Verona area, also sees the involvement of VeronaFiere in the run-up to Marmomacc 2012 - the Vivaldi Room in the Congress Centre will host a convention analysing scenarios on the Russian market and business opportunities for local companies. The Veronese marble field closed 2011 with exports to Russia worth 9.1 million euros, up by more than 54% over 2010.
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26/09/2011
+8% FOR INTERNATIONAL ATTENDANCE AT MARMOMACC FROM MORE THAN 130 COUNTRIES
Higher attendance by operators from Arab countries, India, China, Iran and France; while visitors from the USA and Germany are among the most loyal. Overall, exhibition attracted attendance by more than 56 thousand people (an improvement over 2010), with more than 50% from as many as 130 countries. There were also even more exhibiting countries. There was satisfaction among entrepreneurs in the various fields characterising the sector and in some spheres there was stronger demand for duties to promote fair competition and safeguard European production. Marmomacc, in collaboration with Confindustria Marmomacchine and Centro Servizi Marmo – Veneto District, will accompany Italian companies in October to Saudi Arabia for the Gulf geo-economic area and in January 2012 to the USA for the NAFTA market.
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23/09/2011
MARMOMACC AND STONEXPO RENEW PARTNERSHIP FOR JOINT ORGANISATION OF THE US EXHIBITION
VeronaFiere and Hanley Wood Exhibitions will stay together for a further five years to organise StonExpo Marmomacc Americas in Las Vegas. The 2012 edition is scheduled 24-26 January.
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23/09/2011
LEED GUIDELINES DEFINED DURING MARMOMACC FOR AUTHENTIC & NATURAL DECORATIVE STONE
Developed by the "Sustainable Stone Task Force", the work group coordinated by Confindustria Marmomacchine involving reference subjects in the sector on a national scale
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23/09/2011
BEST COMMUNICATOR AND MASTER OF STONE AWARDS: MARMOMACC REWARDS SECTOR EXCELLENCE
Exceptional projects that truly enchanted the Jury
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22/09/2011
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA: OUTLET MARKETS FOR MADE IN ITALY PRODUCTS
Important areas for high quality Italian technologies and products.
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21/09/2011
BUYERS FROM 130 COUNTRIES AT MARMOMACC
The event was inaugurated today in the presence of Under-secretary Catia Polidori, who emphasised: "Yes to competition, but fair's fair: the same rules should be applied all over the world."
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20/09/2011
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27/07/2011
MARMOMACC DRIVING THE RECOVERY
Italy, in accordance with Istat data processed by the Marmomacc Observatory, is still the leader in processing and sales of stone material products. There has been a progressive recovery in imports-exports of raw materials, as well as processed and semi-finished materials.
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13/07/2011
MARMOMACC JOINS THE “ADI GOLD COMPASS AWARD COLLECTION”
The world-leading event dedicated to the natural stone sector has for many years been a platform for cultural development through initiatives that have helped re-interpret the use of stone, thereby involving not only the world of architecture but also the world of design. President Riello: "Design as an innovative element for international competition".