The C100 conference brings: Committed to the future
Celebrating its 22nd anniversary, the C100 conference is an annual event that brings fabricators, other leading industry members and the Cosentino team together to learn, share experiences and make new friends
With more than 4,850 employees throughout 37 countries, the Cosentino Group has grown by leaps and bounds since it was founded by Francisco “Paco” Martínez-Cosentino in 1979. While the company remains headquartered in Almería, Spain, it also has established Cosentino North America, which is located in Miami, FL. In addition to being a natural stone producer, the Cosentino Group has developed and promotes the brands of Silestone, Dekton and Sensa. At the nucleus of the company is the commitment to people – both internal and its outside customers – as well as to research and development, the environment and the future. Keeping this business philosophy in mind, the Cosentino Group launched an annual conference called the C100, which has significantly grown since it was initially started 22 years ago, to bring everyone in its North American “family” together to learn about new products, share ideas and meet new people. The 22nd edition of the C100 was held in the beautiful tropical location of The Riviera Maya at the start of this year, January 8 to 12. It joined together the brand’s top partners and customers to learn how Cosentino plans to drive innovation in design, manufacturing technology and safety for the surfacing industry in 2020 and in the years to come.
The theme of this year’s C100 was “Committed to the Future. Committed to You.” The five-day event drew its largest crowd to date, with more than 360 individuals representing 164 manufacturing and processing companies from across the U.S. and Canada, as well as representatives from the region’s most important industry associations, including the Natural Stone Institute, the National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA), the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), the International Surface Fabricators Association (ISFA) and the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI).