From January 31 to February 2 CONFINDUSTRIA MARMOMACCHINE participated in THE INTERNATIONAL SURFACE EVENT (TISE) in Las Vegas, USA at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. For the North American show, in fact, the association – in collaboration with ICE-Agency – promoted and coordinated a collective exhibit of Italian stone and techno-stone companies, which featured the direct presence of the following:
ARVEX ITALSTYLE | AVISIO PORFIDI | BERTI SISTO & C INDUSTRIA PIETRA SERENA | BONOTTI ESPORTAZIONI | DIATEX | DOMOS | EMMEDUE DIVISION INDUSTRIE MONTANARI | FERRARI & CIGARINI | FH STONE SOURCE | GNC MECCANICA | GRASSI PIETRE | LEATHER STONE | MARMI E GRANITI D’ITALIA | MARMI GHIRARDI | MEDITERRANEAN STONE | NEMESI | PEDRINI | ROGIMA MARMI | S.I.L.MAR. | STEINEX | STONE EXPORT | TAGLIO.
Numerous CONFINDUSTRIA MARMOMACCHINE member companies were also present at TISE 2023 through their agents/distributors.
Inside the Italia Area at TISE 2023 the association and ICE-Agency also provided an inviting official Meeting Point with information and assistance services for Italian exhibitors and visitors. Here it was possible to get information about all the association’s promotional and tradeshow work and about all of CONFINDUSTRIA MARMOMACCHINE’s projects supporting the internationalization of the Italian stone/techno-stone industry.
On the statistical level we remind readers that the United States – the world’s top market for the ornamental stone sector – in the first nine months of 2022 was again the leading destination country for Italian stone and techno-stone exports, with purchases of finished and semi-finished products worth more than 381 million euros (+30.4% from 2021) and of stone-working machines and equipment Made in Italy worth more than 143 million (+32.3% from 2021).