24-th INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
STONE INDUSTRY
POST-RELEASE
24-th edition of STONE INDUSTRY – the key international exhibition for quarrying, processing and application of natural and artificial stone in Russia, CIS and Eastern Europe - took place in Moscow, Crocus Expo on June 25 - 27.
The exhibition was organized with the participation of the Association Stone Industry of Russia «CENTER STONE» under the support of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, the Russian-Chinese Chamber for Promotion of Trade in Machine-Technical and Innovative Products’ Fields, the Russian Society of Construction Engineers, the Union of Stone-Workers of Russia, the Association of Miners of Karelia, the Union of Architects of Russia, the Union of Moscow Architects, the International Union of Designers, the Union of Designers of Moscow, the Association of Architects and Designers.
Compared to 2023, the exhibition area increased by almost 50% and amounted to 9,142 sq.m. STONE INDUSTRY-2024 gathered 294 participants from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, China, India, Iran, Italy and Turkey. The number of visitors amounted to 7,344 specialists.
Russian companies from all regions of our country - Central, North-West, Ural, Siberian, South and North Caucasus etc. presented many kinds of wonderful natural stone.The exhibition included the large exposition of firms of the Ural Region that brought many kinds of highest quality marble and granite, and that of Karelia companies that featured the unique Karelian granite, gabbro-diabase, pomegranate amphibolite, green pyroxenite, granosyenite, gneissogranite, etc.
Within 3 days of the exhibition, visitors were able to familiarize themselves with the stone from over than 50 quarries located in various parts of Russia and CIS (e.g. Drugoretskoye, Vozrozhdenie, Baltiyskoe in Karelia, Kuzrechenskoye, Shonguy in the Murmansk Region (Northern Russia), Mansurovskoye in Bashkortostan, Koelginskoye" in Ural, Verkhny Ufaley in the Chelyabinsk Region, Kantegirskoye in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Akushinskoye, Gelenbatanovskoye and Perevalnoye in Dagestan, Kurtinskoye and Kurdayskoye in Kazakhstan, etc.), as well as with marvelous marble and granite from India, onyx, marble and travertine from Turkey and Iran. Chinese stone companies that participated very actively in STONE INDUSTRY-2024 showcased the traditional Chinese black granites (SHANXI BLACK, CHINA BLACK, MONGOLIA BLACK etc.) and basalts (FUDING BLACK, KINGKONG BLACK BASALT, MONGOLIAN BLACK BASALT etc.) as well as many kinds of marble, onyx, sandstone etc.; many of them specialize in the production of highest quality quartz stone which is currently widely used in the exterior and interior decoration – luxury design stands with picturesque quartz stone panels of various colors and tints attracted the particular attention of visitors.
The displayed natural and engineered stone allowed visitors to enjoy the unique beauty and variety of stone and gave them an opportunity to bring to life their most thrilling ideas in the field of individual design, interior and exterior decoration of houses and buildings.
For the first time the exposition of STONE INDUSTRY included:
• Riphean marble - a completely new premium stone, quarried only in the Southern Ural (Russia). Riphean marble is composed of petrified protozoan columnar algae, the stone has a well-defined pattern, which depends on the direction of sawing: at the cross section, one can see round algae with clearly distinguishable annual rings, at the lengthwise section - the algae in the form of beautiful slender sprigs. Both these patterns allow creating unique and extraordinary products
• granite from Vietnam;
• granite from Kurtinskoye deposit (Kazakhstan) - fine and medium-grained stone of brown, brownish-gray, pink-brown color;
• gabbro-diorite from the Murmansk Region - deep black or gray-black with small inclusions of gray and green grains;
• Bella White New granite
• new textured surface made of Koelga marble
• jade - "green gold" of the Krasnoyarsk Territory (Russia)
• serpentinite of bright green color which is widely used in the landscape design
• pomegranate amphibolite from polar regions of Russia
• Novo-Ufaley diorite
• etc.
The exhibition included a big variety of stone products for interior design, construction and architecture, stone artworks, marble mosaics, monuments, etc.
Quarrying machinery and stone processing machinery & equipment composed a big section. Visitors could familiarize themselves with CNC milling and bridge machines (e.g. Donatoni Jet 625 Tool + (Italy), STONECUT 4 monoblock bridge saw (China), laser and milling engraving machines, laser, abrasive and carbide tools, chemicals for stone care and preservation. Much attention was paid to treatment technologies for creation of environmentally friendly production facilities (sludge treatment systems of HTS Company (Russia), as well as Chinese-made equipment).
STONE INDUSTRY-2024 included many business events targeted on the industry professionals such as:
• seminars on stone restoration, stone lighting, techniques for removing stains from the stone surface, application of innovative adhesives and chemicals , use of stone polishing tools, anti slippery systems, etc., organized by Company Almir LLC and Stone Processing. Q&A. Project;
• Conference on application of colored granites for production of grave monuments and memorials presented by Necropolis-Expo;
• Seminars for architects and designers on use of stone in interior and exterior design, implementation of projects with natural stone, trends in the stone industry, etc.;
• Conference of the Union of Stone-Workers of Russia on topical issues of the stone business in 2024;
• etc.
WHAT EXHIBITORS SAY:
ALMIR COMPANY LLC:
"No doubt, we have spent three extremely busy days at Crocus Expo. Negotiations, meetings, new acquaintances and questions... Endless questions of visitors on many different subjects - for example, which jedding axe is better, how to polish concrete, what to use to clean the sculptured surface of ceramic granite, where to buy equipment to laucnh tombstone production from scratch... Truly, there were hectical but happy days!"
KARELSKY GABBRO-DIABAZ LLC:
“The exhibition was up to the highest standards: a lot of visitors, professional organization and interesting seminars. We actively communicated with visitors, answered questions, shared our knowledge. Participation in STONE INDUSTRY not only enabled us to demonstrate our stone products, thanks to it we have found new partners from Russia and abroad, exchanged experience with colleagues and strengthened our positions in the market. During the exhibition we have signed two big contracts and also got orders to prepare quotations for several big construction projects in Moscow.”
MIRTELS LLC:
"The exhibition was cool! The majority of our target visitors came the first 2 days. Among them around 10 per cent were new guys who wanted to launch the business and so were interested to purchase our equipment (engraving machinery), there were those that did not understand how to start the business - we sharing with them our experience, giving them recommendations as far as our equipment is concerned. Then they went further to search stone products, tombstone blanks etc. as all these products were widely presented at STONE INDUSTRY-2024. The remaining 90 percent were either guys who use machines of another manufacturers and think about switching to ours or our old customers who came to purchase new equipment and sign new contracts.”
VENEZIA STONE:
"The exhibition gathered a lot of industry professionals. It is great that that such industry events take place - here we can see old clients and partners and get acquainted with new ones - we made many interesting acquaintances. STONE INDUSTRY is a wonderful platform for live communication with stone processing specialists, here you see various kinds of stones in one place and can hear different professional opinions. Companies from many regions and partners participated. Our impressions are very positive."
GRANITINVEST-MSK LLC:
"The visitors were just that we need, it is our target group - those that works with stone, our existing and potential clients. The exhibition was excellently organized.”
KOELGAMRAMOR LLC:
"We have got very good impressions. We highly appreciate the number of attendants and their profile. The days of the exhibition went by in a blur as our stand was always crowded by visitors and we were all the time busy with work and negotiations. "
LOZA LLC:
"I participated in STONE INDUSTRY for the first time, before that I was coming as visitor. The impressions are very positive, there were a lot of potential buyers of our stone. I am happy of my participation.”
KPDT LLC:
"I liked the exhibition, because there were a fairly large number of visitors. We worked and negotiated from morning till night during all days of the fair. I was happy to meet a lot of Chinese partners. Visitors come to STONE INDUSTRY because here they can get answers to all their questions, find stone or equipment up to their requirements and set up strong business relationships."
VOZROZHDENIE MINE MANAGEMENT COMPANY:
"The exhibition is very active, there are a lot of professional people, we certainly will participate next times."
SFERA LLC:
"We exhibit for the second time. The fair is obviously expanding, the number of exhibitors is increasing. We hope that this trend will go on in future. Our participation was very fruitful. Lots of visitors came to our stand. Among them were our existing clients - we were glad to see them, to show them our products and get to know them personally - it is good that there is such a platform where you can do this and establish personal contacts. Many new customers also visited us, we were glad to present them our company and products. We would like to thank the exhibition management, they helped us in everything and fulfilled all our complicated technical requirements. I recommend other market players to familiarize themselves with STONE INDUSTRY, take part and check my words by their own."
KURTY STONE PROCESSING PLANT (Kazakhstan):
"We have very good and positive impressions. We met many potential clients and partners, established contacts with key suppliers. We are very happy that have decided to exhibit at STONE INDUSTRY."
YUTA COMPANY LLC - DONATONI MACCHINE SRL (Italy):
"There were definitely more visitors this year than it was last year at VDNH. Visitors are 100% targeted ones. "
GABBRO-RESURS LLC:
"We exhibited for the first time. In my opinion there were a lot of visitors. Many potential clients came to us, our work at the stand was very busy. Our task was to acquaint attendees with our products and set up a customer database – and we did it successfully."
USsA-Gran LLC:
STONE INDUSTRY gathers a huge number of specialists who are involved in the natural stone business. You may find everything here - from stone quarrying to its application in various projects. "
TOKSEL MAKINA TEKNIK (Turkey):
"The exhibition was very animated – such it was on the first day, on the second, on the third. We thought that on the third day there would be less visitors but we have mistaken. We have worked hard, distributed all our promotional materials. Visitors were extremely active. "
Looking forward to seeing you at STONE INDUSTRY-2025!