CONFINDUSTRIA MARMOMACCHINE – in the framework of promotional work dedicated to the Italian stone industry created in collaboration with ICE-Agency and with the support of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) – coordinated and promoted the collective participation of Italian stone companies at COVERINGS 2025, held from April 29 to May 2 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, USA. We remind readers that COVERINGS(www.coverings.com/) is the top show in the coverings and surfaces sector on the North American market, with more than 1,100 exhibitors from 40 countries.
The Italian area at COVERINGS 2025 had a total of 44 companies representing the finest stone materials Made in Italy: ADAMANTEA – ALMAR – AVISIO PORFIDI – BACCI MARMI – BARSI MARMI QUARRIES – BASALTINA – BAUCE BRUNO – BONOTTI ESPORTAZIONI – CAMPOLONGHI ITALIA – DOMOS – EUROGRANITI – FH STONE SOURCE – G.B. BASALTITE – G.R. MARMI – GIRASOLE PIETRE NATURALI – GMP – GRANULATI ZANDOBBIO – LA PONTE MARMI E GRANITI – LAPIS URBE – LE PIETRE – MARINI MARMI – MARMI BOCCHESE – MARMI COLOMBARE – MARMI E GRANITI D’ITALIA – MARMI ROSSI – MARMOLES MAN – MARMOMACCHINE INTERNATIONAL – MONITILLO MARMI – NATURAL STONES – NEROSICILIA GROUP – NIPIMAR – SA.GE.VAN. MARMI – SALVINI HOLDING – SAVEMA – STILARTE – STOCCHERO ATTILIO – STONE GLAMOUR – STONE PROVIDERS – SYNERGY STONE – TIRRENIA MARMI – TRE EMME IMPORT-EXPORT – VENTURINI MARMI – ZAGROSS MARMI – ZENITH C.
According to official sector statistics processed by the CONFINDUSTRIA MARMOMACCHINE Studies Center, in 2024 the United States was again the leading market for Italian stone industry products – including both materials and extraction and processing technologies – for total imports worth some 700 million euros, an increase of 5.1% from the previous year.
Driving Italy’s stone sector exports were, as always, sales of marbles, granites and other natural stones as finished or semi-finished products – of which the US is the top buyer in absolute, with a 31.5% share – which surpassed worth of 540 million euros, up by an excellent 14% from 2023. Also increasing were exports of raw materials (+49.4%), worth 20.1 million. The US is also the top market for stone-working machines, lines, equipment and tools Made in Italy, with purchases that in 2024 amounted to 137 million euros.
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