1,370 exhibitors participate in 11th Xiamen Int'l Stone Fair
The Xiamen Stone Fair 2011, which kicked off at the Xiamen International Conference & Exhibition Centre on the morning of 6th March, is set to showcase the latest product introductions, innovations, technological advances, design solutions and service to the attendees from the stone industry all over the world.
At this year’s fair, a total of over 1,370 exhibitors from different parts of the world have gathered in Xiamen to take part in this grand event. With the exhibition area reaching 105 thousand square metres, the scale of this fair is close to that of Marmomacc in Italy, the world’s largest stone fair at present.
“The construction of Phase Ⅲ projects at the Xiamen International Conference & Exhibition Centre is expected to be finished and put into use at the end of 2012. By then, the Xiamen Stone Fair 2013 is likely to overtake Marmomacc as the world’s largest stone fair”, according to Zheng Yaning, Director of CCPIT Xiamen.
At this year’s exhibition, most exhibitors set sights on the Chinese market as its market share has been growing bigger in the past two years.
“Before 2008, our export growth reached more than 25% every year; however, in the past two years, we only saw single digit growth in exports. By comparison, the domestic market share has been growing substantially during this period of time”, said Zhou Peng, President of Wanli Stone Group.
Meanwhile, a groundbreaking ceremony of the Xiamen International Stone Centre was also held on 6th March. Occupying a total area of more than 20,000 square metres, the centre is set to become the headquarters of the international stone operations upon its construction. |
