Bengaluru, February 06, 2018: Federation of Indian Granite and Stone Industry (FIGSI) which was formerly known as All India Granite and Stone Association (AIGSA) is the only all India body for the Natural Stone Industry of the country. FIGSI has been striving for the betterment and addressing the challenges faced by the industry. The Federation has about 1200 members from all over the country.
The sole object of the Federation is to promote natural stone industry of India across the globe and to resolve the issues faced by the Natural Stone Industry.
India is a country which is endowed with high quality natural stones like granite, marble, sandstone, slate, limestone and quartzite etc that are widespread in every corner of the nation. India has more than 11% export share in total world’s stone trade. Indian share is more than 27% of the total stones produced throughout the world. India is recognized as one of the largest dimensional block producer in the world . Indian slabs, tiles, and monuments are supplied to more than 80 countries . Presently, stone industry is recognized as one of the fastest growing mineral industry in boosting the Indian economy.
Federation has been well recognized by all the state governments and central governments as the only national body to promote the Natural stone Industry. FIGSI is also member of various committees formed by the central and state governments.
The federation has lined up various program for the development of the Stone Industry as follows
In this direction, the federation has purchased necessary land in Chennapally village, Hosur taluk, Tamil Nadu which is the midpoint of Karnataka, Tamilnadu and Andhra Pradesh where large numbers of processing units are located.
STONA 2018
I am very happy to welcome you all to the Curtain raiser press meet of STONA 2018.
You are all aware stona fairs are having a long history of 30 years and till now the Federation has conducted 12 stona fairs and the 13th is being held at BIEC Bangalore from 7th to 10th February 2018.
During 1987 few of our visionaries felt the need of having a Stone exhibition to promote the Indian Natural stone. At that period to conduct an International fair was not an easy job and lot of efforts was put by our seniors to get the necessary permission and conduct the fair in 1987. STONA 1987 was the first ever stone Industry fair held in entire Asia.
From then onwards, there was no looking back and regularly STONA fairs were conducted in 1992, 1996, 1999, and 2002. After that the STONA fair became a biennial event and every two years the fair is conducted. Till 2008 the fair was conducted in Palace Grounds and there after it was shifted to Bangalore International exhibition Centre and the fair was conducted in 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016.
Now the 13th International Granite and Stone Fair – STONA 2018 is being held at Bangalore International Exhibition Center, Bangalore from 7th to 10th February 2018.
STONA fairs are well established name in the international market and Now STONA stands in the 4th place in the international fairs after Xiamen in china, Verona in Italy and Izmir in Turkey.
When the first stona was started in 1987 the Indian exports was around 50 crores and after STONA 2016 it has crossed 14,000 crores which clearly shows the contribution of the STONA fairs.
I am very happy to inform you that the STONA 2018 fair is the largest stone fair held in India with a gross area of 60000 sq mts which is being occupied by about 650 exhibitors from India and abroad. The growth is about 40 %compared to the earlier STONA 2016 We are having country pavilion from Turkey, China and Italy and many of individual exhibitors are participating from Moracco, Tunesia, Portugal, Oman , Spain, Germany, Iran and many other countries.
Exhibitors from all over India are also participating and the state governments from Gujarat, Orissa, Rajasthan and Karnataka are also exhibiting the stones of their states.
These time large numbers of machinery manufacturers pertaining to the stone industry are showcasing the latest machinery available for the stone industry.
Large number of granite and Marble blocks from India and also from Iran, Turkey and other countries are also under display.
A buyer’s delegation from Poland is visiting the fair apart from the buyers from several other countries.
Ambassadors from various countries are also visiting STONA 2018 to get first hand information about what the Natural stone Industry of India can offer. Since raw material problem is faced by the Indian stone processing Industry, FIGSI made arrangement for an interactive session of the Industry with the Ambassadors on 7thFebruary 2018.
As per the tradition of our federation and as a social obligation, this time also we are having a dedicated area for the rural artisans under SHILP GRAM Program to show their skills in front of the visitors.
During this fair we are having three concurrent events/conferences for the benefit of the Industry.
I Invite all of you to visit STONA 2018 and have a glimpse of what stone industry can offer to the country and also request you to kindly give vide coverage of our event in print and electronic media so that large number of visitors can visit the fair and take advantage of the business opportunities.
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Apart from the above, our members have undertaken several social works like building, hospitals, community centres, play grounds, schoolrooms, toilets, maintanance of roads, drinking water facilities etc, on there own for past several years.
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