Stone+tec 2011: Optimistic
Officials of NürnbergMesse GmbH, the show’s producers, note that Germany’s economic forecast recently received a positive correction … for the second time in 2010.
Experts currently assume that the gross domestic product will grow by 3.6 per cent, which would be the strongest growth since German reunification. The main factor for this growth is the continuing big demand from abroad.
The forecasts for the euro zone are somewhat lower, but also clearly in the positive range.
“The importance of the European economic region as a reliable pillar of the worldwide natural stone industry against the background of individual boom regions is often forgotten,” says Elke Harreiss, Stone+tec project manager at NürnbergMesse.“But nowhere else has stone such a long and varied history as here and for all the short-term trends still has great overall importance and stability to show.”
Italy as one of the classic natural-stone countries has a machinery construction industry with a long tradition as well as its stone deposits.
“The Italian manufacturers in this sector are undoubtedly among the key players throughout the world,” says Willy Viethen, NürnbergMesse exhibitions direcgtor. “We are therefore all the more pleased to have signed a cooperation agreement with the Italian association Confindustria Marmomaccine for the coming Stone+tec.”
Confindustria Marmomaccine’s member companies will present their products on a total of over 1,700 m² at Stone+tec Nürnberg.
“After exhibiting at Stone+tec in Nürnberg for many years, our association expresses its great satisfaction at being chosen by NürnbergMesse as preferred contact for relationships with the Italian companies in the sector,” says Flavio Marbelli, Confindustria Marmoaccine honoray president. “This satisfaction is increased by the success of the initiative, as more than 30 of the Italian companies want to use the exclusive opportunity to exhibit at the next edition of this important event.
“Our association regards Stone+tec as an exhibition of vital importance for stone specialists wanting to open up the German-speaking markets and the markets of North and Central Europe. For the Italian companies, Stone+tec is thus an essential orientation factor for the producers of material and especially for the manufacturers of machinery and other equipment.”
For more information on attending Stone+tec 2011, go here. For exhibition possibilities at the event, contact Dirk Ebener at 770-618-5830.
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