MIA Announces New Sponsor and Deadline for 2015 Pinnacle Awards

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Oberlin, OH, July 9, 2015 –The Marble Institute of America (MIA) is pleased to announce that Vitoria Stone Fair-Marmomacc Latin America will be sponsoring the “Kitchen of the Year” and “Bath of the Year” categories for the 2015 Pinnacle Awards. The winner for each category will win a free trip to the 2016 Vitoria Stone Fair-Marmomacc Latin America, to be held February 16-19 in Espirito Santo, Brazil. In light of this announcement, the deadline for the 2015 Pinnacle Awards will be extended to August 12, 2015.

Winners of the “Kitchen of the Year” and “Bath of the Year” categories will receive free registration to Vitoria Stone Fair-Marmomacc Latin America, as well as airfare and lodging expenses. The 2016 event will mark the 41st International Marble and Granite Fair and is the largest natural stone fair in Latin America. “We are thrilled about this generous sponsorship. It is a great way to bring attention to the two new categories for the Pinnacle Awards,” said Helen Distelhorst, Meetings, Events, & Awards Director at MIA. “We look forward to partnering with MIA for this sponsorship. Winners will be given a great opportunity to explore the Latin American natural stone industry,” said Cecilia Milanez Milaneze, Director of Milanez & Milaneze and promotor of the Vitoria Stone Fair.

For more information on entering the 2015 Pinnacle Awards, please visit www.marble-institute.com/awards. The deadline to apply is August 12, 2015.   

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About MIA:

The Marble Institute of America (MIA) has served as the authoritative source of information on standards of natural stone workmanship and practice and the application of natural stone products for 70 years. Membership in the association is worldwide and includes over 1,700 natural stone producers, exporters/importers, distributors/wholesalers, fabricators, finishers, installers, and industry suppliers in 55 countries committed to the highest standards of workmanship and ethics. MIA offers an industry accreditation program for fabricators and installers, markets a range of technical publications and consumer pamphlets on natural stone, sponsors business and technical meetings and seminars on industry-related topics, provides educational programming for architects and construction specification professionals, and conducts the annual Pinnacle Awards competitions recognizing outstanding natural stone projects worldwide. More information can be found on the association's website: www.marble-institute.com.

About Vitoria Stone Fair-Marmomacc Latin America:

One of the four most important world events for the sector, Vitória Stone Fair / Marmomacc Latin America 2016 - International Marble and Granite Fair, which will take place from February 16-19, 2016 in Vitoria, Espirito Santo, opens the international events calendar of the sector. According to Cecilia Milaneze, head of Milanez & Milaneze, promoter of the event, the fair is considered the thermometer for foreign purchases, whose importers come in search of releases and news each year.

For the next edition of Vitória Stone Fair | Marmomacc Latin America 2016, in addition to the actions already taken in the predominantly importing countries, a work is being done with companies in Latin America and Central America. The goal is to significantly expand the delegations of buyers and exporters abroad. The event attracts more than 24,000 buyers, from all over the world, such as importers and exporters of stones, builders, architects, designers, companies engaged in the extraction, processing and marketing of natural stone; suppliers of abrasive, inputs and machinery.

 

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