Architect and Builder July/August 2015 | Page 122

ADVANCED SURFACES FROM COSENTINO Cosentino Group is a global, family-owned company that produces and distributes high value innovative surfaces for architecture and design. A s a leading company, Cosentino imagines and anticipates together with its customers and partners design solutions that offer value and inspiration to people’ lives. This goal is made possible by pioneering brands that are leaders in their respective segments such as Silestone®, Dekton® and Sensa by Cosentino®, technologically advanced surfaces, which allow create unique designs for the home and public spaces. The group bases its development on international expansion, an innovative research and development program, respect for the environment and sustainability, and its ongoing corporate commitment to society and the local communities where it operates, education, equality and health & safety. Cosentino Group currently distributes its products and brands in more than 80 countries, and directly manages from its headquarters in Almeria (Spain) its own facilities in 29 of them. More than 90% of Cosentino Group’s turnover comes from international markets. Innovative Materials for Interior Design and Architecture Dekton® by Cosentino, launched worldwide in 2013, is an ultra-compact surface developed exclusively by the Cosentino Group R&D department. It involved 22,000 hours of research. A new and original category of surface, a leader in its field and setting the standard, Dekton® is manufactured by means of Cosentino’s exclusive TSP (Technology of Sintered Particles) technology, a manufacturing process that uses an accelerated version of the high pressures and high temperatures processes that