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Dimension stone

Raw Materials committment

Tasks of NEPSI since 2006

International Competence Forum for Natural Stone and Stone Technology

We previously reported on the launch of this 4-years ERASMUS+ project that investigates future skills in the construction industry and the required adaptation of the training schemes. The project website will provide all the relevant information and is now online .

On 29th October, our Construction Products Europe representative, Oscar Nieto took part in the final panel debate of this CEN workshop. The event focused on identifying the challenges of circular economy for the construction sector and how existing standards address them. Presentations are available online

CEN/TC 350 plenary meeting take place every year. The group continues their work according to the EC mandate after the recent publication of the amendment of the standard for EPD (EN 15804). The next documents in the pipeline will deal with data quality (TR 15941 to be updated and published as standard), B2B (revised EN 15942) and B2C (new document under development). The process to revise building assessment (EN 15978) and to draft civil engineering works methodology (prEN 17472) is also ongoing.

Representatives of the national European Natural Stone Organizations discussed how the branch could better position itself

USITC says: Those artificial stones are subsidized and violate fair trade / Accusations also against quartz from India and Turkey and against ceramics from China

Exposure to crystalline silica dust is a theme for stonemasons world-wide. Readers will recall: workers who dry-cut natural stone or engineered stone slabs over prolonged periods of time are in danger of contracting pneumosilicosis.

New, too, are the strong efforts to solicit tradespersons from neighboring countries around France

Stijn Renier and Kristof Callebaut from Belgium share their presidency for the term from 2018 to 2020

Le vendredi 28 septembre 2018 l'assemblé générale d'Euroroc à élu M. Kristof Callebaut et M. Stijn Renier en tant que co-présidents pour les deux prochaines années.

Peter Handley is the newly appointed EU-Commissioner for sustainability / His credo is Circular Economy

Protecting names such as „Marble“ or „Calacatta“ is the topic of discussions / A clean slate for the stone branch?

Can the stone branch undertake steps to stop plagiarism by ceramics and engineered stone? A compilation and taking stock

The European umbrella organization for the natural stone branch is undertaking an investigation of plagiarized product-names

In part the issue involves quartz composite materials in particular, and in part general labor protection is the topic of interest