SPAIN – Cosentino Group, the leading Spanish company in the production and distribution of innovative surfaces for architecture and design, has been awarded the 2016 National Innovation Prize, in the Internationalization category. 

These prizes are awarded by the Spanish Ministry of the Economy and Competitiveness, through the Secretary of State for R&D&i.

The “National Innovation and Design Prizes”, launched in 1987, are the highest award granted in Spain to companies and professionals with an outstanding and exemplary track record in the field of design and innovation. These values are also recognised as core factors in enhancing competitiveness and economic profitability, and as a way of improving the quality of people’s lives. In the Innovation category, the awards are intended to foster the innovation culture in Spain, in the field of business and in society as a whole.

In the “Internationalization” category, Cosentino Group has been identified as one of the companies which has successfully introduced technological and innovative products developed in Spain on international markets, thereby helping the improve the international standing of the Spanish economy and its innovation.

The judges on the panel praised “Cosentino’s capacity to transform the stone and quarrying sector. By introducing innovative processes and with a major focus on design, it has managed to produce a markedly superior category of products worldwide”. The judges also highlighted “its strong international expansion driven by a unique distribution and customer service system in its sector, and also its firm commitment to R&D&i”.

The Cosentino Group is a global, family-owned company that produces and distributes high value innovative surfaces for architecture and design under leading brands such as Silestone®, Dekton® and Sensa by Cosentino®. These technologically advanced surfaces allow the creation of unique designs for the home and public spaces.

The Cosentino Group currently distributes its products and brands in more than 80 countries, and directly manages from its headquarters in Almeria (Spain) its presence in 32 countries, with its own assets in 27 of them. The multinational company operates 7 production facilities (6 is Almeria, Spain and 1 in Brazil) 1 intelligent logistics center in Spain and more than 120 distributors worldwide. More than 90% of Cosentino Group’s financial turnover comes from international markets.