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LSI Stone at the Big Five 2019

LSI Stone will be attending the International Building & Construction Show on 25th to 28th of November 2019. The largest annual trade exhibition of the Middle East and North Africa dedicated to the Stone Industry will take place in Dubai, UAE.

The Middle East Stone Fair gather natural stone companies from all over the world that supplies all types of stone like granite, marble and limestone. We want to invite you to visit our stand in Hall Sheikh Saeed 1, Stand no. SS1 B189! We’ll present you with new and stunting stones!

Request your ticket no here.

November 11, 2019

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20th Anniversary Party

LSI Stone celebrated its 20th Anniversary. A company that has been innovating since 1999. LSI has a long heritage in the industry, where the knowledge of two families came together and led to one of the most promising companies in the industry.

It started only with 200 m² of manufacturing area and currently count with a covered area of 12,000 m². The factory grows more than 550 m² of manufacturing area, per year. The company grew with a focus on innovation and cut-to-size projects, starting to export in 2003, however the big export revolution began in 2009, representing now 99% of the turnover.

Over the years LSI Stone has been awarded by different entities, including the “Natural Stone Awards” in 2004, 2016 and 2018 for projects in England. Other projects such as the 20 Martin Place, located in Sydney, were also awarded by the “Australian Institute of Building”. The 20-year-old company is making its mark in the history of the natural stone industry worldwide.

The 20th-Anniversary celebration took place on September 26th near the trade show Marmomac in Verona, Italy. The party was attended by over 100 guests from the 5 continents, where it had a special performance by an Italian band. The party was very lively with a relaxed atmosphere and took place in Piazza dei Signori and it was extended throughout the night.

The short video briefly shows some special moments of LSI Stone‘s 20th Anniversary.

If you want to read more about LSI Stone’s presence at Marmomac click here.

October 7, 2019

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LSI Stone at Marmomac 2019

LSI Stone participated for the 7th consecutive year at the most important stone show in the world- Marmomac. The trade show already counts with 54th editions and their goal is to show the latest news of the industry, with many exhibitors launching new products.

Portugal is one of the most exporting countries of natural stone in the world, being this year the 4th country with most exhibitors at the fair. Marmomac trade show had more than 1600 companies from more than 150 countries.

The stand presented by LSI was the largest and most complex stand ever made in national and international fairs, with an area of 95 square meters, including a modern design and a mezzanine with catering service.

Regina Vitório, CEO of LSI Stone, was featured in this year’s video, that was released especially for Marmomac, as usual. The theme of the video is the growth side by side of the CEO along with the company.

October 4, 2019

Portuguese Natural Limestone facade in London

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Behind the Stone: Moleanos

Moleanos is a Portuguese limestone that contains a light beige colored background and a slight greyish tonality with thin to medium grain and disperse brownish fine spots.

With a medium hardness and extreme versatility, Moleanos can be used in flooring and facing slabs, for interior and exterior pavings, cladding, masonry, stonework, and many others.

The Moleanos limestone is extracted in Portugal, next to a small village called Moleanos. Located in the center of the country and right next to “Serra de Aire e Candeiros”. This is the most important area for limestone extraction in Portugal.

Next, we present some physico-mecanical properties of Moleanos:

Physico-Mechanical Properties:

Compression Breaking Load: 917 kg/cm²
Compression Breaking Load after Freezing test: 930 kg/ cm²
Bending Strenght: 144 kg/ cm²
Volumetric weight: 2478 kg/mᶾ
Water Absorption at N.P. Conditions: 3.07%
Apparent Porosity: 7.62 %
Thermal Linear Expansion Coefficient: 3.1 10ˆ6 perºC
Abrasion Test: 3.5 mm
Impact Test: 35-40 cm

About the finishes of the stone, we have Moleanos honed 60/120/220, sandblasted, leather, polished, sawn, bushamered, scratched and brushed.

This Natural Stone is one of the most wanted stones because of its quality and a variety of apllications in so many different projects:

This building is located in the centre of London, England. With a view to the Tower of London, it’s a hotel with 9 storeys and its coating is composed of Moleanos. With high quality and neutral tones, this building becomes very aesthetically appealing.

For more information about Moleanos and the projects where this stone was apllied, click here.

July 24, 2019

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A weekend of achievements for LSI Stone

LSI Stone was featured in the “Somos Portugal” TV show on the Portuguese television channel TVI and received the Dom Fuas Award, being elected one of the 10 largest export companies in the region on the same weekend.

The TV show that took place on Sunday, June 2 and highlighted the stone sector in the region and the evolution and competitiveness of this industry in international markets. The interview was marked by Regina Vitório, CEO of LSI Stone, to briefly discuss some aspects about the sector alongside with some moments of comedy provided by the interviewer and actor Manuel Melo.

The award ceremony was held at the Castle of Porto de Mós. The largest exporting companies, the Leading SMEs and the SMEs Excellence were honored on St. Peter’s Day, 26 June. The prizes given to the winners were made in stone by LSI Stone using Water Jet technology.

You can watch the TV show clicking here (only available in Portuguese). The interview starts at 1h 27min of the show.

July 2, 2019

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LSI Stone is now ISO 14001 Certified

LSI Stone is now certified by the international standards of ISO 14001, becoming one of the first Natural Stone Processing Companies to comply with the standard in Portugal.

Recently LSI Stone made several efforts and implemented several mechanisms that allows a better control of the environmental footprint produced by the company. Below we mention some of the recent actions in our factory:

Use of plastic pallets and slats, replacing traditional wooden ones. They can be recycled easily and quickly when delivered to our customers.
Three new crusher machines, this allows the creation of crushed stone, which is mainly used for construction.
More efficient collection of sludge from stone processing used in cement production.
Improved stone dust collection system.
Improvement of the internal recycling processes and search of new customers for the various materials resulting from the transformation materials.

LSI Stone‘s goal is to support the circular economy, reuse materials and give it a new life. In a period where the planet Earth has increasingly limited reserves of raw material, it is essential that companies take measures to ensure sustainability and ensure the quality of life for future generations.

Our company will always look for new ways to improve its processes, making them more environmentally friendly.

What is ISO 14001?

ISO 14001 is the international standard that specifies requirements for an effective environmental management system (EMS). It provides a framework that an organization can follow, rather than establishing environmental performance requirements. The standard was agreed upon by a majority of member countries before being released and updated. It has become an internationally recognized standard accepted by a majority of countries around the world.

May 31, 2019

LSI Stone is now a member of the Ehtical Stone Register

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LSI Stone Join Ethical Stone Register

We are delighted to announce that LSI Stone has joined the Ethical Stone Register. Following completion of the required questionnaire LSI Stone have become the first Declaration level Ethical Stone Register members, providing their clients with the assurance that their material comes from an ESR member company. They will join the list of stones companies on the Ethical Stone Register.

LSI Stone is a Portuguese company with extensive experience in big projects, specialising in cut-to-size projects, coverings, cladding, facades, tiles, and more. They are suppliers of a wide variety of limestones, marbles and granites.

The Ethical Stone Register is a unique resource created specifically for the natural stone industry, in response to The Modern Slavery Act 2015 and the issues of sourcing materials responsibly. The project will allow natural stone companies, whatever their size, to offer a responsible and manageable ethical sourcing solution for their clients.

There are three tiers of membership of the Register: Declaration, Verification and Accreditation and the requirements of each level are explained below:

“Declaration – At this tier, companies will have to complete a questionnaire looking at the responsible and ethical sourcing practices of their business. To achieve this level, a company will need to meet 100% of the criteria. The claims and assertions made by a firm at this level will be by means of self-declaration.

Verification – At this tier, the claims made by a company at the Declaration level will be externally verified. The initial verification will be for the company rather than each material they supply; however, they may choose to have some, or all of their stones included at Verification level. This will involve an independent auditor assessing the journey of the material and ensuring that the responsible and ethical sourcing criteria are met the whole way along the supply chain. Only verified stones will appear on the Register itself.

Accreditation – At this tier, members will have met the requirements of the Declaration and Verification tiers and will be further audited for this level. The aim is to have the scheme recognised and to gain credits within schemes such as BREEAM and LEED at this tier.”

Read the entire news here.

April 3, 2019

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LSI Stone attributes scholarship “IPL +Indústrias”

“IPL Indústria” is a protocol that supports the superior training of young people through the award of scholarships given by companies to IPL students. It reinforces the rapprochement between the academic world and the business world of the region of Leiria. The mais goal is to attract talents and allow students to have contact with the business environment during their academic path, either through internships, curricular work or even visits to companies. Synergies of knowledge are created between business and academic environments that enhance research and innovation.

Bigger involvement of the companies in joint research and innovation projects, enhances the knowledge transfer processes that is fundamental to improving their products and processes as well as enhancing their competitive capacity.

On February 19, 2019, LSI Stone, as a supporter of this protocol, awarded an IPL Industry Scholarship to an IPL student.

February 21, 2019

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Regina Vitório in an interview to Stone Ideas

Regina Vitório, CEO of the Portuguese LSI Stone company, has spoken to Stone Ideas about the impacts of Brexit.

Once again, due to its importance in the market of Natural Stones, Regina Vitório was chosen to be interviewed for the The Global Magazine for Architectur, Art and Design with Natural Stone – Stone Ideas, in order to speak her personal opinion about what impacts UK leaving the EU will bring.

The CEO of LSI Stone, states that negotiations with UK customers continue to exist and will keep being fulfilled with all the requirements submitted. As a principle of LSI Stone, in every market we serve, we try to establish strong and lasting relationships with our partners. Trying to understand the best way of working with our clients and finding their needs is our aim.

We usually say: Our customers are our main traders and sellers.

Read the full interview at Stone Ideas.

February 18, 2019

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Clarges Mayfair Project earns London Prize

LSI Stone was once again present at the outstanding ceremony of the 2018 Natural Stone Awards. The award-winning project was Clarges Mayfair in London, a work that combines contemporary style with the historic surroundings of Piccadilly.

The Natural Stone Awards is one of the most important awards worldwide in the natural stone architecture. The ceremony took place on December 7th, with more than 360 architects, interior designers, designers and suppliers, selecting the best projects in the UK.

The Clarges Mayfair is a natural stone project both interior and exterior, close to Green Park and Buckingham Palace. It was designed by the Squire & Partners Architects office. Filled with the historical surroundings in the area, Portland limestone was selected for application on the exterior facade of the building. The Portuguese natural stone Semi-Rijo, provided by LSI Stone, was chosen for application on the huge interior facade of the main entrance of the building complex. It is an interior wall of a lobby, with a special curvature and high dimension.

In the previous edition, which took place in 2016, LSI Stone was also awarded the 7-8 St James Square project in London. We aim to continue with our growth path and contribute with our stone and knowledge to projects of excellence

December 17, 2018

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