The show featured a total of 320 exhibitors, including stone suppliers from Brazil as well as international firms showcasing stone, setting and maintenance products and large-scale stoneworking machinery. The show had nearly 345,000 square feet of exhibition area, and it drew over 20,000 visitors. “For the amount of visitors in this first day, I believe that business will surpass the last edition,†said Giorgio Zanet of the Italy-based stone supplier, Bruno Zanet.
Like many firms with stoneworking operations in the region, Bruno Zanet was able to showcase its factory during the exhibition. The company's new slab-processing facility is located a short drive from the fairgrounds, and visitors were given the opportunity to view the operation first-hand. (“Italian company begins slab production in Brazil, page 112.â€)