The company began the transition from quarrier to direct exporter last year, when it added equipment for cutting granite blocks into slabs. Guidoni now operates a total of eight gangsaws, which feature a Brazilian structure and mechanics from Alfa Automation of Italy. After blocks are cut into rough slabs on the gangsaws, the material is sent through a 16-head automatic slab polisher from MGM, a Brazilian firm.

Prior to these investments, Guidoni¿s products had only been exported through other Brazilian slab fabricators. With the machinery in place, the company has a production capacity ranging from 20,000 to 24,000 square meters of first-quality slab material per month, which can be exported to markets around the world.