Stone Masters wins International award for Silestone Worktops
Stone Masters wins International award for Silestone Worktops
Quartz and Granite worktop fabricator Stone Masters has won the Prize for International Marble Work at the MACAEL Awards in Spain.
The award was for kitchen worktops and bathroom vanity tops in Silestone quartz supplied to the striking Gunwharf Quays luxury residential development in Portsmouth Harbour for Berkeley Homes.
Shailu Shah, Director of Stone Masters said: “It is great to be recognised for our high quality work by the industry. Our focus on hi-tech machined worktops is finally paying off.”
The Gunwharf Quays project by Stone Masters follows previous extensive Silestone projects at the new Wembley Stadium and the American Airlines Lounge in Heathrow.
About Stone Masters:
Stone Masters (http://www.stonemasters.co.uk) is a leading fabricator of quartz stone and granite worktops since 1997 in North-West London and is an approved fabricator for Silestone. Its large factory uses state of the art stone machinery for shaping stone including CNC machines and a robotic arm. Stone Masters has both residential and commercial divisions, and has supplied and installed stone to many prestigious sites including Westfield Shopping Centre, Harrods, and the Victoria & Albert Museum. Please contact Neil Shah for further information on this press release on +44 20 8566 8222.
About Silestone®
Silestone®, a brand owned by the multinational Cosentino, is present in some of the world’s most unique constructions, such as the Hotel Burj Al Arab in Dubai, Wembley Stadium in London, the Carrousel at the Louvre in Paris, the Torre Agbar in Barcelona, and Telefónica’s flagship store in Madrid. Silestone® is a pioneer as the first Spanish brand to advertise in the biggest publicity event in the world, the American Superbowl. Since the beginning of 2008, Silestone® has been the personal sponsor of two-time Formula 1 world champion, Fernando Alonso. Silestone® by Cosentino also sponsors the Houston Rockets in the NBA and Unión Deportiva Almería, a team in Spanish football’s Premier Division.
Silestone® has revolutionised this sector of the market and its growth has been unstoppable, to the point where it has become the world’s leading quartz worktop and the only one boasting the antibacterial property. Today, one in every four kitchens in Spain contains Silestone®, while, in the USA, it has a market share of 75% of all quartz surfaces and 7% of all kitchen worktops.
About Cosentino Group
The Cosentino Group currently comprises 6 factories; 17 kitchen and bathroom surface production centres; 53 distribution points or Centers; and a staff of more than 2,100 people (1,019 in Spain), spread around the world. The Group manages and controls distribution from its headquarters in Almeria, Spain, with Cosentino Centers in 15 countries: The US, Mexico, Brazil, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Ireland, Switzerland, Italy and Portugal. In 2009, almost 70% of its turnover came from international markets.
