Cosentino Group: $498M Sales for 2010
STAFFORD, Texas – The Cosentino Group sees last year as a big step up – in sales and expansion.
The Cantoria, Spain-based stone conglomerate estimates 2010 sales at approximately $498 million (€380 million), representing an 11-percent increase from 2009.
The company also expanded its Cosentino Center concept, introducing the design/exhibition/education facilities to the U.S. market.
The centers (which include event spaces and fully functioning kitchens) create an interactive environment for architects, designers, distributors and fabricators to view the latest products and design trends, attend educational workshops, hear from visiting expert speakers, and receive training and on new production techniques and innovations.
The worldwide count of Cosentino Centers hit 53 in 2010. While 38 are in Europe (with 18 in the company’s home country, Spain), 13 of the facilities are now open in the United States.
“The Cosentino Center is the next evolution of the Cosentino brand, offering a new take on the showroom experience, design innovation and demonstration,” said Eduardo Cosentino, CEO of Stafford-based Cosentino North America. “We’ve received a tremendous response from the industry on the new Cosentino Centers opened in the United States in the past year, and have significant plans to continue to increase our presence in 2011.”
The Cosentino Group operates six factories, 14 quarries and 17 fabricating factories worldwide, with more than 2,100 employees. The company’s brands include Silestone® quartz surfaces; ECO by Cosentino™ surfaces with 75-percent recycled post-consumer and post-industrial content; SenSa® granite; Scalea Natural Stone, which includes marble, travertine and soapstone; Marlique™ Marble, enhanced marble for vanities; MURO™ Mosaics, pre-meshed tiles made with recycled Silestone; and the Prexury™ Collection, a semi-precious stone line handmade by expert craftsmen.
Original publication ©2011 Western Business Media Inc. Use licensed to the author, Emerson Schwartzkopf.
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