The 16th China International Stone Processing Machinery, Equipment and Products Exhibition(hereafter known as STONETECH 2009 SHANGHAI), a Compass for the stone Industry, will be held on Feb.15-18, 2009. The exhibition is regarded as the most important promotion activity and will surely become the grandest event for all the industry players and all the top companies in the stone industry. Famous companies related blocks, processing products,machinery, tool and stone maintenance will show up on the show. They are expected to show their latest technologies and new products in STONETECH 2009. There will be four country & region pavilions from Turkey, Italy, Iran,Brazil,Egypt,Greece and Finland.

Based on the successful experience of past editions and growing domestic market in 2008, the scale of STONETECH 2009 is estimated to reach a new zenith ever since the first edition: the exhibiting area will reach 80,000 sqm  and the exhibitor number will hit more than 1000.

Attracting More Visitors by Establishing Trading Platform

Ever since the STONETECH has been held, it has achieved remarkable successes and is highly praised by exhibitors and visitors. So far many overseas visitor groups from Germany, USA,Iran, Korea, Japan, Greece and Chinese Taiwan have applied to come to the STONETECH to be held in Shanghai. The visitor number is anticipated to be over 60,000. We believe this professional and international show will serve as a bridge between visitors and exhibitors and a best trading platform for them

Best Service of Professional Quality

The organizers of STONETECH have rich experience in organizing exhibitions. CCPIT Building Materials Sub-council,China Stone Industry Association and CIEC Exhibition Co., Ltd.have the best and wide resources of domestic stone industry. CCPIT Building Materials Sub-council, as an international renowned council, based on its previous experience of organizing the exhibition in building materials domestic and overseas, will provide professional and excellent service for exhibitors and visitors in communication, transportation and booth setup.

Fabulous Concurrent Events Enriching Your Sourcing Trip

Together with the opening of the 16^th STONETECH, the annual China Stone Member Summit is also to kick off as expected by exhibitors and trade players, which is hosted by China Stone Industry Association, and co-operated with CCPIT Building Materials Sub-council.

Meanwhile, other concurrent activities will also be held, including:

New Products Press Conference( more than 100 nos. new products have been found in China in 2008, part of them will show themselves to all of us.)

Stone repair, cleaning and maitenance- How to shinning the stone?(Hotel Subject)

What will USD bring to China import and export stone trading?- Speech by Mr. Zhou Shijian ,the vice chairman of China Chamber of Commerce of Metals

What kind of role will Real Estate play in the development of Building Stone in 2009?

More topic will coming later in the beginning of November.

Two Special Zones Attracting Worldwide Attention

The World Stone Museum will express itself on site in W2 during the show period.

There will be 3 parts of this display zone:new, classic and special.

All the sample will be displayed on the special shelf with name and source, you can find any stone you’d like to looking for.

The 2^nd Stone Design Golden League will be held again, this edition will focus on building stone and inner decoration. The China Sepcial will be the main style.

CE Marking Presentation by APPLUS

For a wide range of construction products, CE Marking is now complulsory to enter the European Market(Directive89/106/EEC).

Applus+, with the cooperation of CCPIT Building Materails Sub-council will undertakes your product’s whole CE marking process.

Go to global promotion with STONETECH!

STONETECH info booth will be in all the famous stone or building exhibitions not only domestic but overseas. The show catalogue with your company introduction will be taken everywhere too.Beside that, we will also publish some gift and brochure to help promote your products by

1)Playing card(with your company name, website and the photo of products)

2)Buyer’s guide