The Marble Institute of America (MIA) announced the winners of the 2014 Pinnacle Awards competition during StonExpo/Marmomacc Americas 2015 in Las Vegas, NV, USA. The Pinnacle Awards recognize excellence in commercial, residential and renovation/restoration of natural stone projects worldwide. Projects selected as winners must demonstrate exceptional beauty, creativity, ingenuity, and craftsmanship in the use of granite, marble, travertine, limestone, and other natural stones.
Under the theme “Naturally Macael”, the Association of Businessmen of Marble in Andalusia (AEMA), held the Macael Awards ceremony last November. The winners in this XXV111 edition, in the different categories, were the following:
Natural Stone imports by countries (in thousand Euro)
The Marmomacc fair in Verona in its 2014 edition organised an exhibition inside Marmomacc and Abitare it Tempo on design.The use of new technologies along with the creativity of the artists who took part in these events have given as results innovative creations of which we reproduce a small summary.
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ARAB WORLD. With the ARAB world in turmoil, one of the most important region for demand for natural stone (and of production), many stone companies from all over the world with presence there, have been seriously affected. Libya and Iraq markets almost collapsed, and Saudi Arabia is showing all the signs of a saturated and over supplied market.
