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PNA at Milan Design Week 2024 with its “Stone Builds the Future”

CONFINDUSTRIA MARMOMACCHINE and Marmomacchine Servizi are partners of PNA | Pietra Naturale Autentica (Authentically Natural Stone), the business network created to promote and protect natural stone products, which for Milan Design Week 2024 (April 15-21), at the SuperStudio Piu in [...]

May 13, 2024 Magazine @en

Portugal: 2023 stone exports again at record levels

Last year Portugal’s total exports of marbles, granites and natural stones in general amounted to 488 million euros, remaining on the record levels of 2022. On the other hand, there was a 5% decrease in the volumes exported, amounting to [...]

May 9, 2024 Magazine @en

CONFINDUSTRIA revises 2024 GDP growth in Italy to +0.9%

In 2023 the Italian economy did surprisingly well, arriving at 0.9% growth despite high interest rates and inflation. Although slowing down from the very high growth rates of 2021-2022, which incorporated post-pandemic recovery, the Italian economy grew at a much [...]

May 8, 2024 Magazine @en

Italia area at the XIAMEN STONE FAIR 2024

With more than 190,000 square meters of display space, 2,000 exhibitors – 350 of them foreign – and more than 150,000 total visitors, the 2024 XIAMEN STONE FAIR in Xiamen, China, held from March 16 to 19, was again this [...]

April 15, 2024 Magazine @en

Sustainability: an agreement signed between Verona University and the International Marble Institute

Signed on February 21 was a collaboration agreement between the University of Verona and the IS.I.M.-International Marble Institute, the higher education and operative branch of CONFINDUSTRIA MARMOMACCHINE. Signing the collaboration agreement for the research and development of projects tied to [...]

April 10, 2024 Magazine @en

The Italian stone industry showcases at STONE & SURFACE SAUDI ARABIA 2024

February 26 to 29 were the dates in Riyadh for the 2024 edition of STONE & SURFACE SAUDI ARABIA, the main Saudi event devoted to internal and external coverings and surfaces. The show was part of a rich panel of [...]

April 4, 2024 Magazine @en