Overview
- Stonegal opened its second edition at IFEVI in Vigo on June 17, running through June 19, hosting roughly 70–100 exhibitors, about 120 brands and some 5,000 professional visitors.
- The fair shows a marked rise in foreign participation with delegations from more than 15 countries and a jump in Chinese machinery firms from a couple in 2025 to about a dozen in 2026.
- Exhibitors are highlighting new hybrid and electric extraction and processing machines that they say can cut energy use by up to 80% and raise productivity by as much as 50%, responding to high energy costs and decarbonisation pressure.
- Stonegal combines a commercial expo with the Stone Summit and the Stone Gala to reconnect quarries, industry and architects, featuring speakers such as César Portela and technical site visits to local quarries.
- Organizers are using this momentum to seek the 'feria internacional' designation given by the Secretaría de Estado de Comercio but must complete further regular editions and secure favorable ICEX and territorial reports before applying, a step that could widen institutional support and foreign trade ties for Galicia’s stone sector.