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Counters in Spain

The emergence of Sspain

The emergence of Spain in the last ten years has been an important phenomenon in the industry. Spanish companies were the biggest buyers of the modern counters machinery, and they constantly invested in better production facilities. Companies from the region of Galicia, in particular, had an advantage - there is a local culture of using granite, thus creating a big local demand. The construction boom of the last five years in the Iberian Peninsula has provided a big boost to the local kitchen counters industry. Even today only about 25% of Spanish production is exported; the rest is sold in the local market. Spain produces today approximately 15 million square metres of granite per year and almost 20% of the increase in production capacity was set up only last year. Spain's prominence in the international markets often came at the cost of Italian and Portuguese companies.