Vitória Stone Fair/Marmomacc Latin America receives good results
The vibe felt throughout the Vitória Stone Fair/Marmomacc Latin America exhibition — held this past February in Vitória, Brazil — indicates positive signs of recovery for the stone industry
In Vitória, Brazil, this year, Stone World attended the annual stone industry gathering in one of the most important stone-producing countries in the world. The 2014 edition, the 12th overall in Vitória, was the first since the rebranding of the show to Vitória Stone Fair/Marmomacc Latin America, and it was probably one of the more successful events that they have had there in many years.
For the last two years, the Vitória Stone Fair was an early indicator of the stone industry’s fortunes, given the fact that it fell so early in the year. In 2012, when the show was the first positive one they had since the recent economic downturn, we all got excited (at least we at Stone World did), only to have a few good months yield to another less-than-stellar year. The positive results of the 2013 exhibition ended up being a true harbinger of the growth year our industry generally experienced (finally) in 2013. With this year’s show, I think everyone feels comfortable that the worst is behind us and the solid business conducted at the Vitória Stone Fair/Marmomacc Latin America is good evidence of an industry back on the upswing.