The countdown continues for Marble İzmir – International Natural Stone and Technologies Fair, the largest global meeting of the natural stone industry.
While the installation process for Marble İzmir started and the first natural block stone was brought to the site, as a result of the preparations that lasted for about three weeks, the world natural stone industry will come together at Fuarizmir between 26 - 29 April 2023. In Marble İzmir, which will be held for the 28th time this year, all of the halls and the outside area have been allocated to the participants. Due to the intense demand of the industry, there was no empty space in the fair, which will have more than 150 thousand square meters and more than a thousand participants, together with the new areas.
Marble İzmir International Natural Stone and Technologies Fair, hosted by İzmir Metropolitan Municipality and organized by İZFAŞ, continues to contribute to the sector and to be the gateway of Turkish natural stone to the world. Marble İzmir, which is a pioneer with its participants from all over the world and the number of domestic and foreign visitors, will contribute to the natural stone industry, which exceeds its export target of 2022 billion dollars in 2, to reach new targets. In line with the feedback received from the exhibitors and visitors and the demands received, all indoor and outdoor areas were allocated for the use of the participants this year as well. While all natural stone companies took part in the closed halls of Fuarizmir, a large part of the C hall and the entire D hall were allocated to machinery and technology companies. While the size of the block marble area was increased compared to last year, a temporary closed area was created for the processed natural stone exhibition area.
Preparations for Turkey's largest fair operation continue uninterruptedly. While the first stones are brought to the block stone area, the stand setup process of the companies continues.28. The first natural stone brought to Fuarizmir for Marble İzmir was "Shadow", which was quarried in Balikesir's Balya district. Shadow, which emerges as a blended combination of gray and smoked color, gaining dimension with the mobility on its surface, is preferred in a wide range of uses. The settlement of the block stones brought to İzmir from the quarries all over Turkey will continue until April 19, 2023. Colorful and diverse natural stone blocks brought to Fuarizmir by trucks and trucks; will be displayed during the fair. It is planned to bring about 500 blocks of stones to the area during the operation.
In line with the meetings held with the participating companies, visitor activities were carried out in a wide geography, especially in America and European countries. While cooperating with our commercial attachés in the USA, Middle East, Asia and Europe regions, exhibitors and visitors from all over the world are expected to the Fair. In addition, purchasing delegation programs are organized in cooperation with exporters' associations all over Turkey. USA, United Kingdom, India, Poland, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Israel, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Kuwait determined as target countries within the scope of these programs and hundreds of foreign customers from Azerbaijan will be hosted. With the B2B meeting programs to be organized during the fair, the participating companies will be able to meet with customers quickly and effectively. In addition, foreign visitor applications from 54 countries in every continent of the world, from Australia to Italy, from China to the USA, were received via the website. This year's fair is expected to be visited by nearly 100 thousand local and foreign people.