New ISO “Natural Stones” Technical Committee

Big news in the ambit of technical standardization in the sector: the ISO 327 “Natural Stones” Technical Committee was recently constituted and will be tasked with drafting technical standards for stone products whose validity will be international.

The committee is managed on the secretary level by ANSI – the American National Standards Institute – and will be participated in by delegates and experts from the following countries: Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Russia, Spain, Sweden and the United States. Also present as observer countries will be: Australia, Austria, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia and Switzerland. Among the Italian participants there will also be CONFINDUSTRIA MARMOMACCHINE, always in the front line in presiding over international standardizing organizations for natural stone.