Las Vegas – Among the companies in the US stone industry there’s optimism for 2017 and an increase in turnover of about 17% with the propensity to invest in machinery (73%) and technology (43%) is expected. Trust also confirmed by the success of TISE – The International Surface Event, reference event in North America for the natural stone, surfaces and coatings sectors, born from the union of the three exhibitions StonExpo / Marmomacc Americas, Surfaces and Tile Expo. The event which was held in Las Vegas from January 18 to 20, closed with an increase in visitors of about 6% with traders coming mainly from the United States (65%), China (19%), Canada (5% ), Italy (3%) and Japan (3%). Since 2005 the event sees an important role for Veronafiere, organizer – in partnership with Informa Group – of StonExpo / Marmomac Americas, the exhibition that within TISE is dedicated to marble. Veronafiere, in fact, thanks to Marmomac, the most important international exhibition of stones, technologies and design (Verona September 27 -30 2017) has a global leadership among industry events (www.marmomac.com). In Las Vegas, Marmomac brought together in the “Marmomac Pavilion” 26 companies from Italy, France, Portugal, Turkey, India, Tunisia and Spain. (9colonne)
