Italian stone technology exports grew in the first part of 2023

After the 1.7% upturn last year – which confirmed the full recoup of pre-pandemic export levels – for the Italian techno-stone industry 2023 began with further growth in foreign sales of machines, installations, equipment and tools for extracting and processing [...]

September 4, 2023 Magazine @en

Italian stone and stone technologies stand out again at the XIAMEN STONE FAIR 2023

June 5 to 8 were the dates in Xiamen, China, for the 2023 edition of the XIAMEN STONE FAIR, one of the top international tradeshows for stone materials, stone-working technologies and equipment and complementary products. Thanks to a loosening of [...]

September 1, 2023 Magazine @en

In 2022 Italy’s natural stone exports surpassed worth of 2.1 billion euros

In 2022 a record outcome for Italian stone industry exports. According to official data processed and published by the CONFINDUSTRIA MARMOMACCHINE Studies Center, last year the sector’s total foreign sales of marbles, travertines, granites and natural stones in general – [...]

June 1, 2023 Magazine @en

Sustainability: the PNA network has done the first LCA study in the Italian natural stone sector

In March the PNA | Pietra Naturale Autentica (Authentically Natural Stone) network – created in 2018 to promote and valorize knowledge about, and protection for, authentically natural stone in various ambits – concluded the sector’s first environmental analysis of the [...]

May 1, 2023 Magazine @en

CONFINDUSTRIA MARMOMACCHINE meets with Adolfo Urso, Minister for Business and Made in Italy

On March 15 at the Ministry of Business and Made in Italy (MIMIT) in Rome there was a meeting between Minister Adolfo Urso and CONFINDUSTRIA MARMOMACCHINE, the Confindustria association that represents the Italian stone and stone technology industry. Present for [...]

May 1, 2023 Magazine @en

Franchi Umberto Marmi partners with Yacademy for a post-graduate course in landscape architecture

In October the design workshop dedicated to regenerating a decommissioned quarry with young people aspiring to become the great architects of the future. The special docent, Patrick Lüth of Snøhetta. For 2023 Franchi Umberto Marmi has filled a calendar with [...]

April 30, 2023 Magazine @en

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