World Machine Tool Makers Get Dekton® Intro

CANTORIA, Spain – The Cosentino Group introduced its new Dekton® surface last month to major companies offering tooling for fabrication and maintenance of  surfaces.

Click photo to enlargeRepresentatives from 27 companies from several countries. including Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, the United States and South Korea, visited Cosentino headquarters in Cantoria for a technical seminar specifically focused on Dekton.

The seminar offered in-depth overview of Dekton and its manufacturing process utilizing the company’s exclusive Particle Sintering Technology (PST). Attendees also learned about Dekton’s features and properties such as low water absorption, color stability, dimensional stability and high resistance to compression, flexural strength, impact, abrasion, staining, freeze/thaw, scratching, ultraviolet rays, heat and fire.

They also viewed Dekton large-format slabs and the different shades and textures of the innovative product.

Dekton, slated for an introduction to the market this fall, is the result of more than five years of intensive work, an investment of $172 million and 22,000 hours of research by Cosentino’s research and development department.

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