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Trade Information : Current/Upcoming Exhibitions
  • April 23rd - 27th : United Kingdom : Interbuild 2006 : NEC Birmingham
  • May 1st - 4th : Qatar : Project Qatar
  • May 8th - 10th : Jordan : Rebuild Iraq 2006 : Amman
  • May 10th - 13th : Spain : Piedra 2006 : Madrid
  • May 17th - 19th : Kazakhstan : AstanaBuild : Astana
  • May 31st - June 3rd : Italy : CarraraMarmotec : Carrara
  • 2006 : Exhibitions Calendar

  • Site Of The Week : 17 : Aster : Italy
    The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings : United Kingdom

    We are manufacturers of a large range of Natural stone, marble and granite's treatments for a long time. Scientific study and experimentation are at heart of our company policy. This lets us to work out specific customer problems and be always on the lead. Our increasing national and international custom range allows us to confirm the high quality of our products.

    Our line is full of cleaners, treatments, maintenance of marble, granite and natural stone, as well as silicone, sealants, chemical resins, mastics and bi-component resin, polish powders, abrasive paste etc


    The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings : United Kingdom

    The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings was founded by William Morris in 1877 to counteract the highly destructive 'restoration' of medieval buildings being practised by many Victorian architects. Today it is the largest, oldest and most technically expert national pressure group fighting to save old buildings from decay, demolition and damage.

    We advise. We educate. We campaign. We offer help when it's wanted and informed resistance when we are alarmed. We encourage excellence in new design to enrich and complement the historic environment.

    We represent the practical and positive side of conservation. We have a firm set of principles about how old buildings should be repaired and the practical knowledge to show how these can be put into effect.



    Trade Information : StoneReport.com : Germany
  • Free subscription and available in five languages: German, English, Spanish, Italian and Chinese.
  • 31st March 2006: Brazil: From block supplier to slab producer: One could almost be envious: Whereas Europe is hoping for an upturn, Brazil’s natural stone industry is in full swing. The producers and processors in the world’s fifth largest country have every reason for optimism. A new quarry is opened every week and there are already well over 1,000 different materials. Brazil already holds fifth place in the world as block supplier and eight place for rough slabs and finished products. The total turnover of the Brazilian stone industry is estimated at 2.8 billion US dollars...more
  • 31st March 2006: PIEDRA 2006: Architecture award: PIEDRA, the International Fair of Natural Stone and the Spanish Federation of Natural Stone (F.D.P.) foster a greater knowledge and popularity of Spanish natural stones, and to this end they are jointly holding the PIEDRA 2006 Architecture Award...more
  • 31st March 2006: Stone in material mixes: New design possibilities for natural stone: Combining natural stone with other materials results in many new design possibilities. The most suitable mix materials include metal, wood and glass. Although many users and architects are looking for new ideas on the use of natural stone, only a few suppliers have utilized the potential offered by material mixes until now...more
  • 31st March 2006: Stone finishes: Stone lives through its haptic. Customers not only want to see a stone, but also touch it – important to know when it comes to marketing finishes: Whether a stone appears hard or soft is not just a question of petrography. Marble can feel hard, granite silky matt – depending on how the surface has been finished. Almost anything is possible. Coarsely honed or jet-blasted, highly polished or roughened with a microfine finish by a laser beam. The decisive factor is what the stone is to be used for and the visual impact it is to create...more
  • 9th March 2006: Finland - Stone quarrying booming: Finland extracted one third more natural stone in 2004 than in the previous year to reach some 830,000 t, which puts Finland at the top of the league of Scandinavian countries. According to the Finnish Natural Stone Association, four fifths of the material extracted is granite and the rest is mainly steatite. The main export country is Germany (value in 2004: almost 16 million €), followed by China (13 million €), Italy (approx. 9 million €) and Sweden (approx. 8 million €)...more
  • 9th March 2006: Sweden - Rising exports: Sweden has extracted between 300,000 and 400,000 t of natural stone a year in the past ten years – with a slightly rising tendency (Germany by comparison: 650,000 to 700,000 t). A large part of this stone is exported in the form of rough blocks and rough slabs...more
  • 9th March 2006: Norway - China a growing market: The extraction of natural stone (mainly Labrador) in Norway reached new records in 2002 and 2003 with 550,000 t each year. The production of rough stone has risen continuously since the start of the nineties. As in Sweden and Finland, the largest part of the production is exported in the form of raw materials. These exports were 326,000 t and 348,000 t respectively in 2002 and 2003, which are also new records...more

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