In the month of September, 2016 the Indian Government announced a new policy for the import of marble blocks which has far reaching consequences for the development of the marble industry in India. The new liberalised policy, while still maintaining high import duties, at last made it easy for anyone setting up a factory to import marble blocks.
Thassos marble receives its name from the Greek Island located in the Aegen Sea, from where it has been extracted since ancient times.
The new technologies allow for new finishes that highlight the aesthetic possibilities which in stone come out in a natural way. New textures that highlight out even more, if it is possible, the beauty of natural stone. The limit is in the imagination.
If natural stone is beautiful by nature, imagine what can be achieved when we bring out its attractiveness with techniques that create new textures and finishes without changing its colour and without damaging the environment. Just with waterjet one can achieve spectacular finishes such as those shown here.
Published in September, 2017
In an earlier edition of this magazine we published an article on the perils facing a first generation entrepreneur who does not know when to step aside and let a new generation take over the business. That article, to our great surprise, created a huge impact among our readers and many people confessed it made them reflect seriously for the first time on the next step that they, as the chief decision maker in the stone company, should now take to ensure the future of the company.
No design is more beautiful than one created by nature. With this premise, the designer Alessandro La Spada has created for the showroom of the Italian company Antolini, twelve spaces in which the veins and colours of natural stone are combined with the designs that come from skins, feathers or shells of an animal. The result is an inspired harmony that highlights as never before the beauty of natural stone.
The Macael Awards, organised by the Association of Businessmen of Marble in Andalucia celebrate the 30 anniversary. The winners of this year´s edition are the following:
