Marble quarrying company Fox Marble Holdings PLC (LON:FOX) said it had set up an office in Dubai with the formation of Fox Marble FZC and had secured its first orders for the new operation.
The stone company said on Tuesday that deposits had been received for two orders of marble totalling in excess of 1,000 square metres of Alexandrian white stone.
Fox said the first order is for 500 square metres of cut to size tiles currently being processed in Fox Marble’s factory in Kosovo and due to be shipped within the next 10 days.
The second order is for 450 square metres of slabs of Alexandrian white marble and 50 square metres of slabs in total comprising Illirico Selene, Grigio Argento, Rosso Cait, Breccia Paradisea and Flora which are being shipped to a new customer in Dubai prior to the end of the year, the firm said.
“Our new office in Dubai is already proving to be effective in establishing our premium material in the region from which orders are currently being processed to large local customers,” CEO Chris Gilbert said in a statement.
“We expect to see a significant level of business developing in the region as a result, and look forward to updating the market accordingly in the near future,” he added.