Always ahead of the curve... Los Angeles is where you'll always find something new going on it’s a cultural Mecca and one of the hottest trend setting cities for design and fashion.

Ceramic tile and natural stone have a strong tradition on the West Coast and have always been an integral part of West Coast Architecture and Design. Tile and stone can be found in various works by world renowned architects spread across Los Angeles.

 

 

 

 

Espírito Santo is the main producer and the major processor and exporter of ornamental stones in Brazil. It is responsible for 47% of the production and 44% of the exports. It concentrates more than 50% of the Brazilian sector industry, in number of gang-saws and companies, as well as in terms of growth. The sector estimates an avarage growth of 30% in exports within the next five years.

The Fair aims at showing the diversity of Brazilian ornamental stones and at encouraging their use. It is designed to create a space for the realization of business and partnerships, to make new technologies known through the exhibition of machinery, tools and new processing methods and management, to promote the sector marketing in Brazil and abroad and to increase exports, especially of finished products with higher aggregate values.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Trade Exhibition on Building & Construction.

Experience one the most important trade show in the industry. View live demonstrations and product launches. Meet key players in the industry. Attend seminars and workshops. Source products & services for your upcoming projects. Keep yourself updated with latest in technology and services.

Evaluate Products & Suppliers. To network & develop key contacts. Obtain technical knowledge. Discuss your business requirement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The objectives of Natural Stone 2006 were to draw attention to the matter of “branding”, one of the most significant problems in the Turkish marble sector, as well as to increase the use of Turkish marble in international markets.

While a total of 2,500 foreign visitors from 55 countries and nearly 20,000 local professionals passed through the turnstiles at Natural Stone 2006, the fair proved itself once more just how effective it is in shaping the future of the Turkish Marble Sector.

 

 

 

 

 

 

In 2006, the BalticBuild exhibition celebrated its 10th anniversary. Over the years, the exhibition has become the second event in Russia both in terms of significance and scale. We appreciate the loyalty of our clients and partners and hope to strengthen our business relationships with them in the future.

In 2006, the Build, Hardware, Conmac and Heat*Vent exhibitions took place in the new Pavilion ?7. The pavilion is the most up-to-date ground for congresses and exhibitions in St.Petersburg, with a total area of more than 8,000 sqm. The new pavilion included an exhibition venue on one level and a two-level congress centre for 1,200 persons, as well as a restaurant and other amenities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 24th Annual Premier Building and Construction Exhibition.

Building on the exhibition theme “The Link to Endless Business Opportunities”, Malbex 2007 is destined to be the sourcing hub for cost-effective building and construction related products as well as the pre-eminent platform for forming strategic alliance and partnership across the region. Our exhibitors will be showcasing products from these 4 key segments: *Building Finishes Products *Building Construction Materials *Building Systems/IT *Construction Machinery/System/Equipment & Services.

 

 

 

 

 

Toronto is the design and business capital of Canada and the fourth largest metropolitan area in North America. Now ASCTEX at IIDEX/NeoCon provides a great opportunity for Canada's interior designers, architects and tile and stone buyers to find the latest ceramic tile trends, plus new stone sources, colors and finishes.

ASCTEX Toronto provides more than 15,000 attendees ready to discover new products and make new business connections with over 350 companies exhibiting with the latest styles and trends.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The International Construction Fair BUDMA 2007, held in Poznan on 23-26 January, was visited by over 50,000 attendees from 34 countries. Most of them registered as experts visiting the show. The professional character of BUDMA was also confirmed by numerous new offers presented by almost 1,300 exhibitors from 28 countries.

Almost 1,300 companies showcased their latest offers on four trade fair days in Poznan. Many of them came from abroad – there were 327 foreign exhibitors, which is 25 percent of the total number. This year’s BUDMA attracted many Polish and foreign journalists. The PIF Press Centre issued a record number of 620 accreditations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biannual Benelux trade fair for the sectors natural stone, ceramics and quartz composites.

Manufacturers, importers of and/or wholesalers in natural stone, ceramic tiles, concreter products, clinkers, cladding, hand and electrical equipment, machinery, related products (such as adhesives, mortar, profile systems, putty, cement), maintenance products, raised floors, drainage systems, floor heating, floor insulation systems, mosaic tiles,....

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surfaces is THE floor covering event of the year. It's where more than 40,000 retailers, distributors, architects, designers, builders, installers and manufacturers come together to celebrate the industry and do serious business.

If you're not at Surfaces, you're missing out on face-to-face contact with qualified buyers — key decision-makers who depend on floor covering manufacturers and suppliers like you to help them satisfy their customers and increase their bottom line.

Surfaces 2008 will sell out. Don't miss the opportunity to jump-start your sales year and connect with the buyers you want to see. Prime exhibit space will go fast. Sign up today and make Surfaces 2008 YOUR SHOW!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is with great pleasure we inform you that 8th International Granites & Stone Fair STONA 2008 is being held between February 6-10, 2008 at palace Grounds, the same venue as earlier STONA Fairs in Bangalore, the Granite City of India.

India is endowed with very large resources of Ornamental & decorative building stones like Granites, Marble, Slates, Quartzite and similar stones. Most modern Quarrying and Processing are taking place in India in very large volumes regularly..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KievBuild 2007 - A Great Success. The 11th international trade exhibition for the building and interiors industry in Ukraine took place at the IEC on 20th to 23rd February.

Many thanks to all exhibitors and visitors who participated in what has been described as the most successful since the first event in 1997. Over the course of the next few weeks, we will be updating this website to bring you a full round-up of the 07 event and news of the next event in February 2008.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Vitória Stone Fair, largest event of the ornamental stone industry in Latin America, is today one of the most important ones in the official calendar of the market, and will occupy an indoor area of approximately 25 thousand square meters, in 5 Pavilions with air conditioning systems, and over 10 thousand square meters of outdoor area.

At the Exhibition Hall, the attendees will be able to find the main launchings on the industry of ornamental stones, from new types of stones, machinery, equipments and tools up to new finishing techniques, credit offers, logistics and other important items for the development of the productive chain of the segment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Surface Design Show is the only UK event to focus on Surface solutions in building design, delivering the cream of architects, designers and specifiers.

Welcome to The Surface Design Show website our next event will be held on the 4th, 5th & 6th March 2008. In the meantime please browse our website for more infomation about the show and see the Exhibitor List for all the companies that exhibited in 2007. If you want to get involved in next years show please contact Anita Gorny for information.

 

 

 

 

 

XIAMEN STONE FAIR 2007 showcased the latest product introductions, innovations, technological advances, design solutions and service in the 60,000 m2 ground. It welcomed 850 exhibitors from 27 domestic provinces and 20 oversea countries, including Italy, Turkey, Australia, Spain, USA, Iran, Sweden, Jordan, India, Switzerland, Brazil, Japan, Egypt, Norway, Israel, Palestine, Pakistan, Finland, Portugal and Vietnam.

We are pleased to announce that XIAMEN STONE FAIR 2007 experienced substantial increases of attendees from past years: over 50000 manufacturer, quarry owners, contractors, architects, designers, builders, distributors, kitchen specialists and retailers from across the country and all over the world attended XIAMEN STONE FAIR 2007 – which is an 18% increase in attendance over 2006! Oversea attendees reached 8,000, represented 85 countries, with an increase of 45% over last year.

 

 

 

 

 

KBB incorporating Expotile is the UK’s largest trade exhibition dedicated to kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms and tiles.

With kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms frequently regarded as the most important rooms within a home, and and as the only UK exhibition to encompass all three, plus surfaces, KBB incorporating Expotile offers exhibitors an unmissable opportunity to display their products to the entire industry, and as a result is established as a must attend event for both visitors and exhibitors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taking place every two years in London, the best supported event in the UK stone industry is dedicated to bringing together everyone involved in the production, design, specification and purchasing chain.

The 7th Natural Stone Show once again lived up to its reputation for being the showcase event for the UK stone industry with over 300 companies exhibiting from over 40 countries. It represented the finest and largest selection of natural stone ever assembled under one roof in the UK, together with fixing systems, cleaning materials, stone working machinery and other related products and services.

 

 

 

 

 

Revestir is the development of trade fairs in the construction sector. It is the greatest fair of finish materials in Brazil, with outstanding display of ceramic tile, marble and granite.

Interest in Revestir has never been as intense as this year. For the first time manufacturers from , and will be present at the show. These foreign exhibitors have marked their space at the Transamérica ExpoCenter to make new international contacts and to open their 2007 launch season.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The largest building and interior exhibition in Russia, MosBuild (Batimat) is now held simultaneously at two major exhibition grounds of Moscow — in Expocentr at Krasnaya Presnya and in Crocus Expo.

Participants of the exhibition are building companies, producers and suppliers of construction materials and technical equipment, tools and instruments, landscape development materials, sanitary ware, materials for inner and outer finishing, decorations, lighting equipment and furniture. Visitors of MosBuild exhibition (more than 120,000 last year) are architects, interior designers, planning engineers, top managers of construction and building companies, representatives of trade companies and housing and utilities complex.

Held simultaneously will be The 11th International Exhibition "Ceramic & Stone”

 

 

 

 

 

STONETECH 2007 BEIJING rendered another big surprise to both exhibitors and trade visitors. STONETECH 2007 BEIJING took up the whole CIEC fairground with a total size of 65,000 sqm. 900 exhibitors from China, Turkey, Italy, Brazil, Spain, Morocco, Egypt, Greece, North America etc took part in the grand event. Pavilion organizers increased their budgets for STONETECH, and the tremendous booth buildings have proved on this.

Chinese companies have kept their enthusiasm on displaying their latest products including new stone colors and top stone processing technology because they firmly believe Beijing and Shanghai have been and will be the largest stone consuming areas in the north and south China respectively, and they are right.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoying the leading position on the Benelux market, TechniPIERRE - the Benelux natural stone exhibition - also occupies a prime position on the international market.

Organised biennially at the Halles des Foires de Liège and strengthened by the experience gained from the ten previous editions, TechniPIERRE is an essential feature of the professional natural stone market. A veritable temple dedicated to stone, sculptures, diamond tools, machines, equipment, maintenance products, restoration, funerary art and even urban furniture, TechniPIERRE presents the complete natural stone cycle: from extraction to finished product.

 

 

 

 

 

The UK’s largest dedicated show for building, renovating, remodelling or improving your home! What’s your dream home?… a timber framed barn conversion … a high-tech listed farmhouse… a cutting-edge designed contemporary home… a glass extension to a basement flat…

Whether you are building your home from scratch, building a major extension, remodelling your home or just keen to integrate the latest technology, The Homebuilding & Renovating Show will provide you with the right products, services, advice and inspiration to transform your property into your dream home.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The exhibition program will include the 5th All-Ukrainian competition Best Implementation of Stone in Construction and Design.

The 6th international specialized exhibition PRIMUS: STONE AND STONE-WORKING TECHNOLOGIES AND EQUIPMENT is the most prestigious specialized exhibition in Ukraine, our exhibition is the most effective way to increase your sales. It will help you reach your target audience for four days. It’s a direct source of interested buyers. It will let you demonstrate your products, answer questions, refute the objections and, most importantly, build direct relationships with your potential buyers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Full Frontal will present the Tile and Stone event, featuring exciting displays, comprehensive seminars, new products and technologies, a radical buyer's guide that will be an invaluable resource for every visitor and exhibitor. Plus a new and revolutionary 'product link' that will connect exhibitors and visitors post show.

With support from leading Australian and international tile associations Full Frontal Tile and Stone Expo will present a wide variety of ceramic, natural stone and agglomerate products including the latest international award winning materials produced by major manufacturers. We will not be too diversified. Our focus is set squarely on promotion of tile and stone as contemporary ‘green’ materials, which boast favourable life cycle analysis characteristics and highly valued sustainability.

 

 

 

 

 

Online registration for Coverings 2008 will be available late Fall.

Coverings is the most comprehensive tile and stone marketplace in the Americas, and the preferred forum for hard surface education, exhibits and purchases. The exhibit floor spans over 505,000 net square feet, which puts Coverings firmly in the top 30 events in the United States in terms of exhibit space.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Rebuild Iraq 2008: The 5th International Rebuild Iraq Exhibition: Your Gateway to a Reconstruction market worth more than $100 Billion Dollars.

Project Rebuild Iraq 2008 is going to be a high-profile event showcasing one of the most ambitious, investment-opportunity-laden reconstruction undertakings of your era. It's going to be the biggest, most comprehensive Iraq reconstruction event ever held. If you are a construction sector player eyeing the Iraq reconstruction market, looking for a well-timed point of entry, seeking to gain maximum exposure and brand consolidation for your projects, or simply looking for potentially-rewarding business contacts, then Project Rebuild Iraq 2008 is the show for you. And if you're already active in Iraq's thriving reconstruction market, then Project Rebuild Iraq 2008 is going to immeasurably polish your profile.

 

 

 

 

The sixth edition of the International Natural Stone Fair, PIEDRA 2006, closed its doors last 13th May. This event presented an especially strong international dimension and achieved some highly favourable results.

The fair, which featured the participation of some 936 direct exhibitors and represented companies and presented a net exhibition area measuring 26,267 square metres throughout Halls 4, 6, 8 and 10 at FERIA DE MADRID, welcomed the largest number of visitors in its history, 31,744 in all. This figure represents a 17% increase compared to the last edition and confirms the considerable interest that this event generates among professionals from the industry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is Intertech? Intertech is the fourth Biennial International Conference in the continuing series dedicated to technological advancement and application development with an emphasis on increased productivity and performance using industrial diamond, cubic boron nitride, CVD diamond, polycrystallines and related materials. This conference is designed to provide a blend of commercial and technical topics and serve as a global “meeting of the minds” for technologists and business leaders. Historically, INTERTECH has been the most successful conference held on superabrasives, drawing global audiences from commercial and scientific communities with myriad disciplines.

INTERTECH 2008 will continue with that prevailing mission to be the largest, most expansive conference ever conducted in this industry. INTERTECH 2008 will have global leaders in research, superabrasive synthesis, manufacturing and application development of superabrasives in attendance. Discover and share the most significant product developments and new applications in superabrasive technology at INTERTECH 2008!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CarraraMarmotec 2007, great results - Positive outcome: almost twenty thousand visitors from 93 countries. Increase in number of foreigners from Central and South America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Mediterranean Africa. Increase in visitors from China, India, Iran, Russia, Japan and Spain. The positive exports trend is consolidated.

The outcome of CarraraMarmotec 2007 is positive: 19.650 professional visitors including 4.075 foreigners (+3%) from 93 countries and 426 direct exhibitors, including 82 foreigners from 28 countries (+20%) covering an overall area of approximately 40.000 square metres.

 

 

 

 

 

In 2007 more than 50,000 attendees from across the nation and around the world including 23,000+ architects and designers came together for NeoCon at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago to find new products and select new sources of supply.

ASCTEX is organized together with NeoCon to bring stone and tile to this huge audience of interior designers and architects plus tile and stone distributors, wholesalers, retailers and more. ASCTEX at NeoCon provides buyers and specifiers a Mid-West destination to find new industry trends and explore the versatility, beauty and value that ceramic tile and stone can add to residential and commercial applications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FinnBuild is the most important building and building services exhibition in Finland. FinnBuild is now arranged for the 18th time and once again presents the newest products, solutions and services of the branch. International FinnBuild brings the whole construction sector together. Both major, trend-setting old hands as well as new, innovative entrepreneurs will be taking part. FinnBuild, which was first arranged in 1974, fills in all six halls of the Helsinki Fair Centre.