Again this year CONFINDUSTRIA MARMOMACCHINE – in close collaboration with ITA-Italian Trade Agency and in the framework of the promotional plan for the sector promoted by the association with the support of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) – coordinated the participation of Italian stone industry companies at MARBLE & STONE SAUDI ARABIA 2026 (Riyadh, January 18-21), a special showcase for the natural stone sector hosted as part of BIG 5 CONSTRUCT SAUDI, the reference show in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the building materials and technologies world.
The Italian Pavillion at MARBLE & STONE SAUDI ARABIA 2026 featured the presence of 38 of the top brands in the stone and stone-technology sector:
ANTOLINI LUIGI & C. – BAUCE BRUNO & C. – BELLINZONI – BIESSE – CITCO – CMS – COMANDULLI COSTR. MECC. – CO.ME.S. – DAL PRETE ENGINEERING – DEGEMAR CAVE – DONATONI MACCHINE – ELITE STONE – EUROBUILDING – FABER CHIMICA – FABRICA MACHINALE – FATO STONE – G.B.C. MARMI – GASPARI MENOTTI TECHNOLOGIES – LAVORAZIONE PORFIDO L.P. – LIFTSTYLE – MARINI MARMI – MARMI GHIRARDI – MARMO MECCANICA – MARMOMACCHINE INTERNATIONAL – MONDIAL MARMI – NAR.MARMI – OMAG – PELLEGRINI MECCANICA – PI.MAR – PROGRESS PROFILES – PROMETEC – RED GRANITI – SA.GE.VAN. MARMI – SANTA MARGHERITA – SIMEC – STILMARMO – TENAX – TIRRENIA MARMI.
The Italian area also included an inviting official Meeting Point, with information and assistance services for Italian exhibitors and visitors.
On the statistical level, we remind readers that in 2025 Saudi Arabia confirmed its importance as a high-potential and priority market for Italian stones and stone technologies, with Italian stone industry exports that – despite a natural slowdown after the record levels reached in 2024 – in the first 11 months of the year amounted to 71.4 million euros. In detail, Saudi Arabia was the seventh-ranking market for Italian finished and semi-finished stone products, amounting to 53 million, and for raw stone, with purchases worth 9 million, while sales of stone-working technologies Made in Italy to the Persian Gulf country from January to November last year amounted to 9.4 million (CONFINDUSTRIA MARMOMACCHINE Studies Center).
More generally, Saudi Arabia is currently the biggest producer and consumer of building materials in the whole Middle East. According to GlobalData estimates, investments in infrastructure, residential and energy projects in the country’s big development plans will surpass $US 1 trillion.
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