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VITÓRIA. Brazilian Stone exportation platform.
In terms of being Capital of the biggest producing state of Brazilian dimensional stone and an important sea port commerce, the city of Vitoria assumes with vigor and responsibility its vocation as the exporting pole for the marble and granite produced in Brazil.
The International Marble and Granite Fair had its first edition in Cachoeiro de Itapemirim in 1989. Since 2003, the fair has also been realized in Vitoria, bringing together a larger number national and international visitors and exhibitors, from over 65 countries and 25 Brazilian States.
■ 23 thousand visitors
■ Visitors from over 65 countries
■ 450 exhibiting companies
■ Exhibition area: 35 thousand square meters
This disposal towards the international commerce conferred a special dynamism towards the event, which today occupies the 3rd position of importance among the sector fairs of the world. So you can have an idea of this dimension, in its last edition, the fair united visitors from over 65 countries.
Another striking characteristic is the growing participation of the professional entrepreneurs from other Brazilian states, showing their strength to increase business in the internal market.
The Fair is a true show window for Brazil and the world’s dimensional stone industries, besides adding an ample gamma of integrated products and services from the productive chain of the civil construction, architecture and decoration, technology development, logic and foreign exchange, promoting entities and activity support.
Its biggest relevance consists on propitiating an interchange for the companies which compose a local product arrangement with the global market, creating a favorable environment for the realization of good business and partnerships, with brings important consequences to the Brazilian exportations.
The visitors of the Vitoria Stone Fair always encounter a surprising scenario.
The Brazilian Stones will enchant your with their diversity and exuberance in beauty.
The VITORIA STONE FAIR summarizes the evolution of Brazil’s dimensional stone industries productive chain, and stands as the largest and most expressive event of the sector of the Americas, with a wide repercussion in the national and international spontaneous media.
Presentation
Espírito Santo is the main producer and the major processor and exporter of ornamental stones in
This new phase is based on an efficient network of highways and railways and on the Vitória port complex, that turned Espírito Santo into the major Brazilian center for blocks and slabs.
Important international and Brazilian industries as well as exporters are establishing in Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, in the metropolitan area of Vitória and in the North of the State.
The world´s attention to the Brazilian granites requires two annual editions of the International Marble and Granite Fair one in Vitória and another in Cachoeiro de Itapemirim.
The Importance
The International Marble and Granite Fair has been the scene of practically all the presentations of new machinery, equipment, tools and other materials used by the marble and granite industries for the last ten years. Besides being the event where the companies present their latest creations and products (approximately 300 commercial types of stones, among granites, marbles, argosies, quartzite’s and travertine’s are exposed), the Fair acts as show-room and motivator for the whole sector in the search for new technologies.
What it represents
The International Marble and Granite Fair has had a fundamental role in the organizational and technological development of the sector. Actually, the Fair presents itself as an open door to the world, acting as supplier, as well as receiver of information of the most different characteristics and impacts.
The local companies have adapted themselves to this new reality awakening to the existence of a world outside their own, a world that has come to know their potential, hidden at the beginning, but year by year gaining characteristics of reality.
The biggest stone event of
The Vitoria Stone fair exceeds expectations every year. A great scenario of stones will enchant, by its diversity and beauty, which ever is present at the biggest event of the sector.
Technology, novelty, solutions
Technological innovations, machines, tools, stone goods and new management processes will be exposed. It’s where you find what you need for your business.
An International Fair with what’s best of
Positive balance for the Vitoria Stone Fair 2009
Focused in the International market, the Fair managed to bring together 18 thousand national and international visitants. Even though everyone was already expecting a reduction in American visitors, the exhibitors were positive and surprised by the deriving number of visitors from 68 countries of the 5 continents, besides the 24 Brazilian states. The world crisis scenario didn’t affect the optimistic participants of the event, surpassing the expectancies.
Vitória Stone Fair 2009 Defines Tendencies
With 350 exhibitors from diverse parts of
Vitória Stone Fair attracts worldwide attention
In addition to companies interested in generating business, the Fair attracts journalists from various parts of the world looking for news in the ornamental stone sector. This year, 10 journalists from nine international magazines have confirmed presence at the event – they are representatives of magazines Stein and Stone Plus (
Lectures indicate trends
Execut ive vice-president of the Marble Institute of America (MIA), Gary Distelhorst, will be at Vitória Stone Fair to talk about the