New York – The Italian techno-marble industry sector is still one of excellence for Made in Italy, thanks to the value of total exports, that in 2015 reached 3.2 billion euro, including raw stone materials (382 million euro), processed and finishing (1 billion and 625 million euro) and their extraction and processing technologies (1 billion and 195 million euro). The findings of the2015 final balance on the performance of flag stone industry developed by the Confindustria Marmomacchine Centre for Studies and Observatory of Marmomacc, the most important international event for the sector of the natural stone, whose 51st edition is scheduled at Veronafiere from September 28 to October 1. Among the countries of destination of italian processed and semi-finished products, the United States are still the one to push our exports – with demand, stimulated by the strong recovery in the local construction industry, which grew by 24.7% compared to the already positive demand of 2014 – confirming for 2015 as the reference market for our companies with 458.4 million euro of imports. (9Colonne)