Ultra-thin "paper" stone is popular in Europe and America

A new type of ultra-thin stone produced in China is quietly being sold in Canada, Japan, South Korea, and the United States. In particular, the Vancouver Oak Ridge project, designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, has begun to apply this ultra-thin stone on a large scale. Wall decoration and furniture finishes. It is understood that the traditional ultra-thin stone generally requires a thickness of less than 8 mm, but this product can be less than 1 mm, as thin as paper, which is undoubtedly a revolution in the stone industry.

Zhou Junxing, Secretary General of the Stone Standardization Technical Committee and Deputy Director of the Information Center of Sinoma Artificial Crystal Research Institute Co., Ltd., believes that this product and production technology can make full use of stone mine resources, meet the needs of home improvement for lightweight stone and convenient installation, and maximize resource utilization. It can effectively reduce costs; the product has high processing accuracy, small dimensional deviation, and thin thickness, which has the value of large-scale promotion. He also pointed out that this ultra-thin stone "has been verified in foreign projects, with high market acceptance and strong competitiveness; the product is lightweight and easy to install, and can be used in a wide range of applications. In addition to architectural decoration, it can also be used in furniture and yachts. , surface decoration in aviation, high-speed rail and other fields.”

Some experts said that due to the trade war and high shipping costs, the traditional export of stone and ceramic tiles has been seriously affected. Especially in the US market, high anti-dumping and countervailing duties are levied on ceramic tiles from China. In 2021, China's ceramic tile export volume will be 600 million square meters, and the export value will be 4.088 billion US dollars, a decrease of over 50.4%. And ultra-thin stone brick products are an effective alternative to ceramic tiles.