The trade fair for natural stone and stone technology will take place from Wednesday, 22 June to Saturday, 25 June 2022 at the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre and will be organised in future by AFAG Messen und Ausstellungen GmbH. This means that the industry will once again have its meeting place in Nuremberg. The conceptual sponsors are the German Natural Stone Association (DNV) and the Federal Guild Association of the German Stonemasonry and Stone Sculpture Trade (BIV).
Stone+tec is the meeting place for the natural stone industry from Germany and neighbouring European countries. The focus of the event is on the one hand on materials, such as traditional natural stone and products similar to natural stone, and on the other on technology and machinery for working and processing natural stone. The third major area of offerings focuses on gravestones. A new feature is the “Building with Natural Stone” theme area, which provides offerings for property developers, planners and architects as part of Stone+tec.
The topic of sustainability will be highlighted, which is evident in the industry in that the use of local materials is in vogue, such as sandstone, limestone or granite. The trade fair programme will be supplemented and rounded off by panel discussions, a comprehensive new congress programme that invites visitors to learn and enjoy professional exchanges, as well as specialist areas.
In future, Stone+tec will be organised by AFAG Messen und Ausstellungen GmbH, which has taken over the fair from the former organiser NürnbergMesse. AFAG managing directors Henning and Thilo Könicke are looking forward to this new challenge: “We’ve already made initial contact with the industry, and we’re delighted that we will be able to organise Stone+tec in the future. The open-minded, cooperative discussions we’ve had have shown us that Stone+tec is missed as a leading trade fair for the German-speaking region. So we’re delighted that with Stone+tec, the natural stone industry will have its meeting place back in 2022. Our project manager Sandra Hübner and project officer Gloria McCray, together with their team, are happy to be at the disposal of exhibitors, partners and associations as points of contact”.
