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Swiat Kamienia no. 3(100)2016

Details: Created on Tuesday, 14 June 2016 11:46

Świat Kamienia no. 3 (100) 2016

THE 100TH ISSUE… AND EXPECT MORE!

You are right now reading the 100th issue of Świat Kamienia. Life expectancy studies show that every third person who is born today will live up to 100 years old. Therefore, it is highly possible that as soon as our future readers (who are born now) are 100 years old, they will get the 700th issue of our bimonthly then!
We seem to be in a good shape. The condition of our magazine allows us to hope that one hundred issues is just a warm-up. We are trying to be as precise as stone industry professionals. We reach our subscribers every second month. We are still working with authors who remember humble beginnings of the first stone branch magazine in Poland.

– Świat Kamienia initiated stone advertising in Poland and abroad – our long-time article author Józef Maślaniec recalls. – The magazine was the first authentic source of information about stone industry and technology in the history of journalism (not mentioning a short series of post-war periodicals). Until that moment our branch had been commonly associated only with crushing stone for the purposes of paving streets. Before the war there was no stone industry and this craft was associated with elite art.

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Od redakcji
Editorial
Ręce opadają na… smartfon
Turning to smartphones for help
Sto i… żyjmy dłużej!
The 100th issue… and expect more!
Spotykać się, by inspirować
Z nowym zarządem w pełnoletność
Xiamen Stone Fair 2016 w obiektywie
G(ł)odni naśladowcy
Strzegomscy technicy w akcji
Kamienie w medycynie antycznej
Indywidualny pomysł na przestrzeń
Kariatyda dla zwycięzcy w kategorii nagrobek
Technistone – jakość z Hradca Králové
METEORA – monastyry na niedostępnych skałach
Idea, forma, warsztat
Brazylia (cz. II)
Kamień a okrągła rocznica chrztu Polski
Wyłączność na dystrybucję włoskich konglomeratów
Praca kotwy nośnej na elewacji (cz. II)
Wschód na Zachodzie
Pawlimex rozwija potencjał technologiczny
Sandmaster Junior Plus – ewolucja piaskarki
Sezon trwa? (cz. II)
Monachium – Cmentarz Zachodni cz. 2

Swiat Kamienia no. 1(98)2016

Details: Created on Monday, 25 January 2016 10:27

Świat Kamienia no. 1 (98) 2016

SUSTAINABLE USE OF RESOURCES

When we carry out an activity during which waste is produced, we should plan, project and carry out these activities in such a way to avoid waste production or reduce its amount and negative impact on people's health and environment – both when goods are produced and after using them.

The above conclusion is a brief summary of some Polish regulations. Which ones? These are the regulations concerning managing waste which is produced as a result of stone processing. They are stated in the act as of 14 December 2012 on waste (Journal of Law from 2013, clause 21 with further amendments). Managing waste should take place according to a certain order, which is mentioned in article 17 of the waste act. Then, first you need to prevent waste production, but when it is impossible, waste must be recycled. The least appropriate is waste disposal, including storage.

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Od redakcji
Editorial
Wyobraź sobie, że…
Imagine that…
Zrównoważone wykorzystanie zasobów
Sustainable use of resources
Zwycięzcy konkursu Kamień 2015 – Architektura
A więc, Gwarkowie, nasze zdrowie…
Stół inaczej
Łódzkie i Kujawsko-Pomorskie
Jesienny duet MTP
Kamień we Wrocławiu
Targi KAMIEŃ i STONE w obiektywie
Targi – co dalej?
Prowansja lawendą i kamieniem usłana (cz. I)
Paryski cmentarz Père-Lachaise
Kamienie w ajurwedzie
Degradacja kamieni
Nowela ustawy o wyrobach z kamienia
Platforma online 24h/7dni/365dni
Na kresach Wiecznego Miasta (cz. II)
Badania obróbki granitu boczkarką automatyczną
Dom w Warszawie (cz. II)
Donatoni – kombajn do cięcia kamienia
ALFABET SUKCESU ABRY
Puste groby

Swiat Kamienia no. 6(97)2015

Details: Created on Wednesday, 25 November 2015 10:54

Świat Kamienia no. 6 (97)2015

AGREEMENTS MADE IN A NEW WAY

The time of intensive building works in cemeteries is now over. The weather was good for finalising contracts for raising tombstones. That's it: agreements. Public procurement in Poland is a field of law which to a great extent limits the freedom of contracting and choosing contractors, but in the field of consumer rights we are facing a completely new situation.

Public procurement in Poland does not allow for free performance of acts by the ordering party. Only entities which fulfil criteria specified in the Public Procurement Act are allowed to provide the services in question. Article 24 in the Public Procurement Act specifies criteria which are taken into account when excluding contractors. The above act also specifies criteria which must be fulfilled by bidding entities.

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Od redakcji
Editorial
Lekkość bycia kamieniem
Lightness of being a stone
Umówić się po nowemu
Agreements made in a new way
Laureaci Konkursu Kamień 2015
Kamieniarstwo Mazowsza
50. edycja Marmomacc – nowy rekord
The Italian Stone Theatre na Marmomacc
„Ruski kamień” z uralskich złóż w komnatach Ermitażu
I Światowy Szczyt Kamieniarski
Kamienie w papirusach
Dorobek odnowicieli
Targi KAMIEŃ 2015 – tradycja wykuta w kamieniu
W kompozytowej oprawie
Żywice epoksydowe w kamieniarstwie
Historia zamknięta w pomniku
Cereser 50 lat sukcesu świętował podczas Marmomacc
Na kresach Wiecznego Miasta (cz. I)
Mamy czasy dla odważnych i konsekwentnych
Dom w Warszawie (cz. I)
Wykorzystaj swoje maszyny CNC w 100%
Dlaczego felzyt?
Magma Łódź – Hurtownia Kamienia. Zmiany z myślą o kliencie
Kamień z całego świata w Poznaniu
Innsbruck, cz. 3
Problem z księdzem?

Swiat Kamienia no. 5(96)2015

Details: Created on Monday, 07 September 2015 11:57

Świat Kamienia nr (96)2015

MEDIATION SEEMS INNOVATIVE

Time is money, but the average waiting time to get an instrument permitting enforcement in Poland was as long as 584 days last year. When conflicting parties used mediator's services, they reached a consensus on financial receivables within 30 days. Moreover, the mediation fee was only 25% of the court fee and these are not all savings.

Managing conflicts, moderating discussions, softening emotions – more and more people are learning mediation craft. Fairness and impartiality, confidentiality, humility and the knowledge of communication techniques are features and skills of a mediator. Mediator's duty is always the same: to bring a lasting resolution to the conflict and reach an agreement which is good for all the parties involved.

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Od redakcji Editorial
W kierunku sportowym
Former mining sites and sport
W mediacji siła
Mediation is strength
Warmia, Mazury, Podlasie
Po owocach poznamy
Trzy kolory, trzy kamienie
Nie tylko Marmomacc 2015
Prąd bez przerw
Laureaci projektowania w kamieniu
Nasza jakość budzi zaufanie
Kamienie i piaski Maroka (cz. III)
Dwa kolory czerni: Platinum TD i Platinum Gold
Jak ugryźć kamień? 5 kroków do sukcesu.
Żywice epoksydowe w kamieniarstwie
Wychodzimy na rynki zewnętrzne (cz. VI)
Felzyt – wulkaniczna historia odkrywana na nowo
Felsite – volcanic history rediscovered
Przyrząd wahadłowy
Budynek biurowy „Carpathia”
Master 850 – Michał Anioł wśród CNC
CERESER, 50 lat na szczycie
Kasa fiskalna dla kamieniarza?
Czy orzeł Szukalskiego powróci?
STONE – zapowiada się bardzo dobra edycja
Innsbruck, cz. 2
Automatic sandblasting in 10 steps

Swiat Kamienia no. 4(95)2015

Details: Created on Wednesday, 08 July 2015 12:03

Świat Kamienia nr 4(95)2015

WAITING FOR STABILITY

The beginning of this season is, undoubtedly, a temporary situation. Although the majority of important players updated their price lists at the beginning of the year, it sometimes happens that the difference in price of the same material reaches up to 30% because some wholesales or smaller trading companies are selling their materials from last year for old price.

What does the wholesale natural stone market look like, what tendencies can we notice and, finally, what is the condition of companies operating in Poland? Like every year we asked a group of entrepreneurs these questions. Some of our interviewees admit that prices (not only of materials) settled so far in euro got higher (we predicted that in our article in the previous issue of Świat Kamienia). Some nervous moves can be expected from the companies which have so far bought stone in American currency and sold it in euro.

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Od redakcji
Editorial
Zjeść ciastko i mieć ciastko
To have a cake and eat it too
W oczekiwaniu na stabilizację
Waiting for stability
Hurtownie kamienia w Polsce 2015
Wielkopolska i Ziemia Lubuska
Fakty przeciwko opiniom
Święto Granitu Strzegomskiego
Kamieniarstwo w drodze
Sustainable architecture
Kamienie i piaski Maroka (cz. II)
Wychodzimy na rynki zewnętrzne (cz. V)
Spotkajmy się jesienią we Wrocławiu
PROMASZ narzuca tempo konkurencji...
Frezowanie robotem w kamieniu
Zmiana – szansa czy zagrożenie?
O możliwościach wykorzystania serpentynitów (cz. II)
Obróbka powierzchni skał – piła linowa
Elewacja granitowa Centrum Opatrzności Bożej (cz. IV)
Flying Bull – ekspert od krawędzi
Jakie stawki dla sezonowych pracowników? (cz. II)
Modernizacja a oszczędzanie
Targi STONE nabierają rozpędu
Innsbruck, cz. 1

Swiat Kamienia no. 3(94)2015

Details: Created on Tuesday, 05 May 2015 11:07

Świat Kamienia nr 3(93)2015

NEW ORDER

Stone will make your immovable properties keep their value – this slogan takes a special meaning, because 2015 will be known for unprecedented rise of imported stone prices. Should we blame dollar rate, which got stronger by 25% and became expensive compared to other currencies? Opinions are divided here.

Most of our interviewees predict that the price rise of imported stone will reach as much as 30% by the end of the year. In case of a permanent lack of “colour” supplies from diminishing deposits, the prices will be even higher despite the growing demand for ready-made products in residential construction. Low interest rates and huge EU funds dedicated to infrastructural projects will surely improve the situation in this branch.

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Od redakcji
Editorial
Inwestycja? Poczekam na dotację…
Investing? I’ll wait for a subsidy…
Nowy ład
New order
Kamieniarstwo Podkarpacia i Lubelszczyzny
Jubileuszowy Xiamen
Budma elitarnej drużyny
Czarny koń wyścigu?
Świętokrzyskie „marmury” – wczoraj, dziś, jutro
VIII Walny Zjazd ZPBK
4 minuty i 39 sekund!
Zabawki z kamienia
Kamienie i piaski Maroka (cz. I)
Wychodzimy na rynki zewnętrzne (cz. IV)
Zdrowy duch w kopalni (cz. 3)
Systemy CAD/CAM w obróbce kamienia
Optymalne wykorzystanie traka linowego
O możliwościach wykorzystania serpentynitów (cz. I)
Elewacja granitowa Centrum Opatrzności Bożej (cz. III)
CNC THIBAUT T658
Sposób na targi KAMIEŃ
Jakie stawki dla sezonowych pracowników? cz. I
Quality before all else!
Qualität und nochmals Qualität
STONE 2015 w promocyjnych cenach
Werona, cz. 3

Swiat Kamienia no. 2(93)2015

Details: Created on Thursday, 05 March 2015 12:33

Świat Kamienia nr 2(92)2015

WHO'LL GIVE ME WINGS?

Past experiences of craft businesses expose deficiencies of education system in Poland. It is very hard nowadays to find a well-qualified young man. The situation is alarming because one of the greatest advantages of stone workshops was cultivating family traditions which were passed down from generation to generation.

The number of young people who want to gain qualifications in craft professions is smaller and smaller every year. The root causes lie in education system, but also in insufficient promotion of the craft and no benefits arising from having journeyman and artisan certificates. Years of neglect revealed the weakness of the reform of education carried out by then-Minister of Education (M. Handke) in the government of Jerzy Buzek and undoubtedly damaged the balance on the labour market.

The system of education which was being promoted for years made contemporary parents think that vocational schools are really bad, because being a journeyman is not as prestigious as holding a Master of Arts degree. What is the result? In Poland the concentration of higher schools is one of the highest in the world. The graduates have no prospects for further professional development whilst at the same time there are far too few people with specified qualifications. Our Internet survey revealed facts which might be very telling. Its results made us think that the mostly desired employee is … an unemployed person who badly needs work.

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