May 17th - 19th : Kazakhstan : AstanaBuild : Astana
May 31st - June 3rd : Italy : CarraraMarmotec : Carrara
June 6th - 10th : Lebanon : Stone Middle East : Beirut
June 12th - 14th : USA : ASCTEX : Chicago
June 15th - 17th : Georgia : GeorgiaBuild : Tbilisi
June 15th - 19th : Egypt : Egypt Stone Event : Cairo
June 20th - 23rd : Russia : Expostone 2006 : Moscow
2006 : Exhibitions Calendar
The world’s most beautiful slate comes from Norway. Minera Norge AS (former Skifer & Naturstein AS) is the leading slate producer in Scandinavia and exports throughout the world. We produce slate at three different locations: Alta, Oppdal and Otta.
With three locations we can deliver three types of slate that is quite different in appearance and color and in utilization potential. That gives us the possibility to meet the customers demand in all areas where slate may be used. Minera Norge AS realized sales for 160 million NOK and they have 170 employees. Slate form the 3 different locations are of utmost quality and have therefore been used in the most prestiges projects world wide.
Diatop Sama Co. is specialized in manufacturing diamond tools for construction and stone industry. We are equipped with full line of production facilities for manufacturing diamond saw blades, diamond core bits and grinding cup wheels.
We are producing high-end diamond tools with excellent quality for professionals. Our diamond tools are exporting to Germany and U.S.A. since 1995. Our products have earned good reputations from overseas customers with constant quality, high performance and superior safety. Customer satisfaction is our business goal.
CarraraMarmotec responds to the international market challenges by introducing important news: next edition of the Fair will see the opening of a new 10.000 sqm pavilion. This space enlargement will bring in a higher number of Exhibitors and allow a reduction of the participation fees, areal and tangible support to the companies.
CarraraMarmotec 2006 does things in a big way and throws down the gauntlet: it will increase its indoor exhibition areas (50% more than last year) to attract higher numbers of exhibitors, at least 25% more, and will reduce its prices to support the companies which are hit hard by a difficult economic trend which is affecting Italian marble exports.
Stone Middle East 2006 is held at the prestigious Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center (BIEL). It matches needs to solutions. The show attracts trade buyers, architects, contractors, stone products manufacturers and processors, and specifiers from throughout Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region.
Reserve Exhibit Space at ASCTEX Today! To grow and prosper in today's competitive environment, it's crucial to continually expose your products to new audiences in new markets.
ASCTEX/NeoCon Chicago, the largest of the 4 events is ready to help you extend your reach across North America as never before. In 2005 we had the largest show ever with over 46,000 attendees and the top tile and stone factories from around the world. Make sure not to miss out on 2006 which promises to be an even more exciting and rewarding event. Send in your space application today by filling it out online at www.asctex.com or contact Michael Coburn directly today at info@asctex.com or (561) 863-4744.
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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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