Sponsors

The Sponsors:

For thousands of years, Italy has played a major role in the international natural stone industry. From quarrying in every region of Italy, to processing and trading stones from all over the globe.

The four main sponsors of the international architectural conference, "Italian Stone Design 2018", have worked diligently to put together an incredible experience for over 100 architects from all over the world during the 53rd anniversary of the MARMOMAC Exhibition.

The Sponsors include: the Ministry of Economic Development (MISE), Italian Trade Agency, Confindustria Marmomacchine and Veronafiere (see below for more information).

MISE

MISE: Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico / Italian Ministry of Economic Development

The Ministry of Economic Development is responsible for a wide variety of policies, including economic development and cohesion, energy and mineral resources, telecommunications, internationalization and business incentives. It is headed by Minister Carlo Calenda.

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ITA

The ICE - Italian Trade Agency is the government organisation which promotes the internationalization of the Italian companies, in line with the strategies of the Ministry for Economic Development and is directly involved also in attracting foreign direct investments.

ICE provides information, support and advice to Italian and foreign companies.

In addition to its Rome headquarters, ICE operates worldwide from a large network of Trade Promotion Offices linked to Italian embassies and consulates and working closely with local authorities and businesses.

Special Thanks to the ITA - Italian Trade Commission Offices who have assisted ITA Headquarters in Rome during the organization of these conferences, including: Bruxelles, San Paulo, Toronto, Cairo, Jarkarta, Tehran, Tokyo, Mexico City, Doha, Moscow, Ryadh, Dubai, Sydney, Baku, Stockholm, Johannesburg, Bangkok, London, and Miami.

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Ferdinando Fiore
Head of Consumer Goods Division

Francesca Serafini
Consumer Goods Division
Project Manager

Valentina Solofrano
Consumer Goods Division
Operations Manager

Confindustria Marmomacchine

The Italian MARMOMACCHINE Association - briefly, CONFINDUSTRIA MARMOMACCHINE - is the Italian Association of Producers and Processors of marbles, granites and natural stones in general, and of Manufacturers of machinery, complete plants, tools and complementary products to quarry and processing natural stones. The more than 310 companies and territorial organisations belonging to CONFINDUSTRIA MARMOMACCHINE, located in all the major Italian production districts, guarantee the Association broad representation, in Italy and worldwide, as well as a role as sole sector interlocutor with Ministries, ITA-Italian Trade Agency, Confindustria, SACE, SIMEST, Standardisation Boards like UNI and CEN, Labor Unions, Universities and Polytechnics and Fair Boards in Italy and around the world.

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Marco De Angelis
President

Flavio Marabelli
Honorary President

Raimondo Lovati
General Secretary

Marmomacc Veronafiere

VERONAFIERE / Owners and Managers of the Annual MARMOMAC Stone Industry Exhibition

Marmomac is the leading international Stone Show worldwide for the natural stone industry and it represents the entire supply chain from raw materials to semifinished and finished products, from processing machinery and technologies to applications of stone in architecture and design.

As a fundamental international meeting for all sectors in this field and an influential platform where businesses and professionals meet. Marmomac is the ideal venue in terms of quality and completeness of exhibits combined with the most advanced know-how in the natural stone processing industry.

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