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    Comércio e Exportação de Mármores e Granitos Itapoama Ltda. : Brazil

    Situated in the city of Rio Novo do Sul, in the state of Espírito Santo, was created in February 1990. The modern equipments and buildings of its industrial park, spreaded in an area of 30.000 m², includes four jumbo looms, three from MGM and one from CIMEF, a rooling portico, an automatic polishing of 20 heads and a rolling bridge for slab operation. Our production of slabs and tiles reaches 12.000 m² a month, using at the moment 50 employees.

    Consult us, we will always be of readiness to guide you in your needs, because we are qualified in equipment and prepared professionals to assist you with better attendance. Call Itapoama and you will feel the difference!


    Trade Information : UAE To Add 55,000 Luxury Hotel Rooms In Five Years
  • 24th September 2006: Dubai
  • The UAE has 55,000 luxury four and five star hotel rooms that will be completed in the next five years, according to a leading real estate investment and consulting firm.

    The hotel division of Jones Lang LaSalle, a Chicago-based firm that recently created a presence in Dubai by purchasing local firm RSP Group, said Dubai is leading the market with the confirmed development of more than half of all projects, followed closely by Abu Dhabi.

    "Last year, the confirmed pipeline of projects that were under construction or in advanced stages of planning stood at approximately 35,000 rooms," said Arthur de Haast, CEO of Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels. "During the course of 2006, we have seen an increase in new development schemes emerging to meet the rising tourism and business travel requirements in the country.

    Fundamentals

    "This activity is being driven by an abundance of capital seeking real estate, strong market fundamentals, significant growth in intra-regional travel, and greater awareness of Dubai and Abu Dhabi as tourist destinations," said Thierry Loué, managing director of Jones Lang LaSalle Mena.

    The planned growth in the UAE hospitality industry ranks as the dominant centre of hotel development worldwide. By comparison, Las Vegas has the world's second largest hotel development pipeline with 42,000 rooms, Macao follows with 27,000 rooms and China's Shanghai and Beijing with just 11,000 and 12,000 respectively.

    In addition to the significant investment being made within the country, rapidly increasing outbound capital flows from the Middle East are also expected.

    "Traditionally, Middle Eastern investors were attracted to iconic trophy asset hotels, but now the more sophisticated Middle Eastern investor is competing for assets across the hotel spectrum and sometimes teaming up with international private equity firms to acquire large portfolios of assets," he said.

    Many Asian hotels under development are being financed by Gulf investors and Jones Lang Lasalle, is gearing up to serve this clientele. The company foresees further investment by Gulf investors into Europe and Asia, notably in China and many of the Muslim countries in Southeast Asia.

    Stepping out

    Middle Eastern investors, primarily from the UAE, invested just under $1 billion in European hotels in 2005, according to Jones Lang LaSalle.

    In 2006, the same level of investment in the first half of the year alone has been observed, with Middle East investors eager to explore opportunities in Asia and Europe, according to Arthur de Haast, CEO of Jones Lang LaSalle.

  • Source: Gulf News: 24th September 2006

  • Site Of The Week : 43 : Dorgham For Marble & Granite : Egypt
    Dorgham For Marble & Granite : Egypt

    Sinai Filetto producers, exporters and professionals. Since 1990 Dorgham co, working in fletto marble of Sinai, where the beauties captured in natural stones which have combined with creative minds of men and came up to day light and have verified life on earth. With it’s marble reserves which estimated to be 9 million m3, our company is consider to be the leader of marble companies in Egypt.

    Raw material is the heart of production; therefore, Dorgham co. has formed the quarry Team that has information and experience in selecting and operating quarries with this team, it started to produce and present it's types of fletto produced from Hassana and Elmaghara quarries, and types of Sunny and Silvia produced from Elshikh Fadl quarry to the Egyptian and international markets.


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  • 21st September 2006: New countries – new markets: Italy in 4th position - Russia is the market of the future The major players in the natural stone markets have dramatically changed in a short space of time. Italy as main producer and Germany as main customer have been replaced by China and the USA respectively. Other countries have long been in the fast lane. Italy is still the yardstick for many people in the natural stone industry – and certainly rightly so – in some respects. No other country in the world has such a broad, in-depth know-how of stone quarrying and processing based on centuries of experience. However, other countries have caught up rapidly and are making life difficult for the Italians, who were previously accustomed to success. In the mass production segment, China and India have meanwhile taken over the market leadership...more
  • 21st September 2006: Gem in London: New jewellery department of Harrods with onyx panels According to the plans of Czech architect Eva Jiricna, the interior design for the jewellery department of Harrods also utilizes the liveliness of the stone as well as glass elements. The customer walks through a tunnel clad in black marble before entering the actual sales room. The room is enclosed with back-lit wall cladding of honey-yellow onyx alternating with mirrors and glass showcases, with plain sales counters covered with beige leather winding their way through the room. The onyx panels act as room dividers and provide light. Only a strip of ceiling lights with lights at individual points provides additional illumination of the room...more
  • 21st September 2006: Tomorrow’s colours: Trend scouts and trend-setters becoming increasingly important in the natural stone industry Spoilt for choice. Natural stone and foreseeable trends are no easy topics as natural stones are unique and architects and developers are usually individualists. Trend scouts and trend-setters are becoming increasingly important in the natural stone industry. Colour varieties are also subject to fashion trends in this industry! One of today’s trends is towards high-quality products – in terms of material selection and working and in the combination of different materials and colours. The haptic of the finish is increasingly important...more

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