World Stonex Extends Global Reach in the $20 Billion Natural Stone Industry with Breton, Tekmar Marble, Others
World Stonex, the Online Marketplace for the sale of goods and services by a diverse community of small and large businesses in the natural stone industry, continues to extend its global reach of suppliers to that industry with the addition of companies in Italy, Turkey, Palestine and Egypt.
(PRWEB) June 12, 2005 -- They include Breton, a world leading, Italian-based
producer and supplier of machinery and integrated production lines; and Tekmar
Marble, Turkey, a world leader in the production of high-quality
marble.
They join a network of allied supplier companies that include
some of the largest exporters, distributors, and machinery and diamond tools
suppliers in many corners of Asia, Europe and North America, according to Kunal
Bagla, director for North America for World Stonex.
Breton is a worldwide
technology leader in machinery and plants used in the tile and stone industry.
Its extensive line of machines for producing natural stone covers various
production requirements from block sawing to producing an array of finished
products. It also has developed a line of high-speed machining centers with
innovative numerical control machines, and a complete range or machines and
integrated production lines for processing porcelain granite.
In Turkey,
22 firms have joined the World Stonex community, including Tekmar Marble, the
country’s leading exporter of high-quality marble products produced by
state-of-the-art equipment and a world leader in the field. Its factory, one of
the largest in the world, has an annual capacity of 2-million square meters of
marble.
"Today, More than two thousand buyers from 47 countries have
joined our community in the last year alone, and an estimated $80 million (U.S.)
worth of leads originated on worldstonex.com," said Bagla.
The World
Stonex community includes other industry leaders such as Marmo Meccanica USA,
Ghines srl from Italy, Pokarna Limited from India, Nassar Investment Co. from
Palestine and Quanzhou Wanlong Diamond Tools Co., Ltd. from China.
On
worldstonex.com, buyers can find thousands of granites, marbles, travertine,
slates and other natural stones, monuments and artifacts, as well as machinery
and diamond tools. They can browse every suppliers complete product catalog
along with photos and technical specifications, use the proprietary search
engine to find what they are looking for, and then send inquiries to
suppliers.
"We believe that suppliers should be able to market, advertise
and reach out to buyers locally and globally through advanced Internet
technologies,” explained Bagla. "And they should be able to do this at an
economical cost. We help suppliers receive constant exposure in front of
prospects and customers by actively marketing their product catalog on our
marketplace."
"Our members tell us that the leads they receive through
worldstonex.com complement their existing sales and marketing efforts. We also
have service teams in the United States, China and India to make sure that World
Stonex is serving customer needs as fully as possible. We work with new
suppliers to get them onboard quickly and easily," he added.
World Stonex
is a stone E-marketplace that efficiently links suppliers and buyers globally in
a revolutionary, innovative, and cost effective manner. Members include
processors, quarry owners, natural stone exporters, shipping agents as well as
manufacturers of stone machinery, diamond tools & spares, and monuments
& artifacts. World Stonex has its global headquarters in India, with offices
in China and USA. See www.worldstonex.com for more information.
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