On May 8, 2016, HENGSHENG MARBLE S&T CO. LIMITED signed a long-term strategic agreement with Carrara Marmi S.p.A., Italy's largest marble mining group in Tuscany. The deal guarantees 50,000 m³ annually across four iconic varieties: Bianco Carrara, Statuario, Calacatta, and Bianco Venatino. HENGSHENG MARBLE S&T CO. LIMITED secured priority selection rights for newly opened veins. Partners will establish a joint Sino-Italian Stone Processing Technology Laboratory in Italy for advanced R&D. Sustainable practices include diamond wire sawing (80% dust reduction) and 100% quarry re-greening. An annual exchange sends 10 technicians each way for 3-month residencies. First shipment departed at end of May 2016.
Carrara Marmi S.p.A. operates five principal quarries in the Apuan Alps, source of the same vein Michelangelo carved. The ten-year exclusive agreement guarantees HENGSHENG MARBLE S&T CO. LIMITED stable annual allocations of large-format blocks with first rights over coherent veining.
For Hong Kong and Asian clients this compresses Calacatta and Carrara lead times from 45 to under 30 days and dramatically lifts book-match capability — the first shipment left in late May and lands from Q3.
Michelangelo carved David from Carrara stone; five centuries later, HENGSHENG MARBLE S&T CO. LIMITED brings a decade of that same mountain to Asia.
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