General Draft Programme
for foreign delegations visiting
“White Carrara Downtown”
14st-17th June 2017
(2ndGROUP)
Wednesday, June 14 (1st day)
Around 12.00 pm Arrival at Pisa Airport. A transfer service for the hotel will be arranged according to the flight schedule of the buyers
Around 2.00 pm Arrival and check-in at the hotel; relax time
4.15 pm Transfer from the hotel to IMM Headquarters
5.00 – 7.30 pm Welcome speech and technical seminar by IMM(topic to be defined)
7.30 pm Return to the hotel
Thursday, June 15 (2nd day)
8.00 am Transfer from the hotel to IMM Headquarters
9 am - 1 pm B2B meetings with Carrara factories at IMM Headquarters
1-2 pm Light lunch
2 -7 pmCarrara Factory Tour
7.15 Return to IMM Headquarters
7.30 pm Return to the Hotel – Alternatively, the buyers may be invited for dinner by one of the factories they have visited in the afternoon, depending on the desire of the company representatives to extend the invitation or not. In that case, the Italian factory is expected to make previous agreements with the buyers and will have to provide them with transportation service from the hotel to the company headquarters (roundtrip).
Friday, June 16rd (3rd day)
8.00 am Transfer from the hotel to IMM Headquarters
8.45 am Meeting point for all the buyersat IMM headquarters
9 am - 1 pm Carrara Factory Tour
1 – 2 pm Light lunch
2 – 7 pm Carrara Factory Tour
7.15 Return to IMM Headquarters
7.30 pm Return to the Hotel ‒ Alternatively, the buyers may be invited for dinner by one of the factories they have visited in the afternoon, depending on the desire of the company representatives to extend the invitation to them. In that case, the Italian factory is expected to make previous agreements with the buyers and will have to provide to them transportation service from the hotel to the company headquarters (roundtrip).
Saturday, June 17th (4thday)
8am Check-out at the hotel
8.30 am Pick-up at the hotel and transfer to Carrara marble quarries
12 pm End of the visit and return to Carrara Headquarters
12 - 1 pm Light lunch
2 pm Transfer from IMM Headquarters to Pisa Airport
TRAINING SEMINARS
Some proposals for the seminars to be addressed toarchitects:
-The external stone cladding: installation techniques and anchoring systems;
-“Stone Sandwiches” made of thin stone: product features, production cycle and architectural applications;
-The 3D technology on the stone surface finishes.
Some proposals for the seminars to be addressed to stone company owners, managers and technicians:
-The multi-wire gang saw: the performances and the machine management. The new blade frame to modify the granite gang saw;
-Stone blocks and slabs reinforcement by resin line. The technical treatment and the product features;
-Cutting-edge tools for slab polishing. The brushes and resin bond abrasives;
-Quarrying techniques and last generation technology;
-The 3D scanners and the artistic process by robot techniques.
Any specific suggestions for extra topics to be discussed during the seminars?
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