Marmomac 2023 took place in late September as scheduled — the first edition to fully recover its scale since the pandemic, with international attendance notably rebounded. After four days of exhibitions and supplier meetings, the HENGSHENG MARBLE S&T CO. LIMITED delegation's strongest takeaway: sustainability has moved from booth storytelling to order prerequisite, and the adoption of EPDs is outpacing expectations.
Almost without exception, Europe's leading mining and processing groups displayed EPD certificates prominently at their stands; the consensus across forum sessions is that as EU construction-product regulation moves toward carbon disclosure, EPDs will become a baseline document for entering premium EU projects within two to three years. Several major Italian quarry groups have already completed full EPD coverage of their core varieties.
HENGSHENG MARBLE S&T CO. LIMITED has launched LCA screening and EPD preparation for its core export varieties, with staged publication planned from 2024 — ensuring 'documents travel with the product' when bidding for premium EU and Middle East projects.
The equipment halls sent another clear signal — intelligence: six-axis bridge saws, robotic edge-workstations and automatic layout systems were on display everywhere, with vendors commonly promising 'low-headcount' workshops. For Asian fabricators, European equipment's smart modules (remote maintenance, tooling management, self-checking precision) are becoming standard, opening an upgrade window.
HENGSHENG MARBLE S&T CO. LIMITED reached preliminary agreements with two European equipment makers on upgrading existing lines with smart modules, focusing on remote maintenance and precision self-check packages.
Verona's answer is blunt: the power to allocate the next round of orders is flowing to suppliers whose data and documents are always ready.
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