Five Reasons to Choose Sintered Stone For Your Kitchen Benchtop Project | Sydney & Perth
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What is Sintered Stone?
Sintered Stone is an evolution in kitchen benchtop design. While our Asetica Sintered Stone range has been around since 2007, in Australia Sintered Stone is still relatively unknown. Especially is comparison to engineered stone and brands like Caesarstone, whose engineered quartz dominated Australia for many years before being banned.
Sintered Stone combines the beauty of natural marble, thanks to its natural-mineral base with no resin binder, and pairs that with the strength of granite. In short, this means a kitchen benchtop material that is completely care free. With total heat, stain, scratch and stain resistant surfaces that need no sealing and ongoing maintenance after installation.
See our full sintered stone benchtops guide for the full composition, durability and design breakdown.
Is Sintered Stone Suitable for Kitchen Benchtops?
In short, absolutely. It is the ultimate kitchen benchtop material for those wanting a near care-free benchtop design. See why below.
Why Choose Sintered Stone for my Kitchen Benchtop?
With so many options available today, it can be confusing knowing what benchtop material is suitable for your home or commercial project. In this guide, we'll give you five reasons why Asetica Sintered Stone should go straight to the top of your list of the best kitchen benchtop materials for your new project.
1. Sintered Stone Is Good for the Planet
With the recent ban on engineered stone around Australia, many Aussies are now turning to kitchen benchtop solutions that are safe, natural and sustainable. Our Asetica Sintered Collection has a natural-mineral base with no resin binder. It contains crystalline silica, but no resin, so it is excluded from the ban, and it is up to 95% recyclable.
Not only are you getting a remarkably versatile and strong kitchen benchtop surface, it's one that's good for the planet with a sustainable focus.
Our Spanish supply partners, Levantina, have invested tens of millions of Euro's into sustainable production practices and every Asetica Slab is
- Produced using renewable energy
- Produced with 100% recycled water
- Up to 95% recyclable
- Sourced from locally owned natural stone quarries in Spain.
- Used in over 100 countries around the globe thanks to its quality
2. Sintered Stone Is Incredibly Durable
Yes, it really is one of the most durable stone surfaces on the planet. New glass based products do not stand a chance against sintered stone in terms of durability and resistance.
Imagine if porcelain and granite had a baby... that's sintered stone. Combining the beauty of natural stone, with the resistance properties of porcelain and granite.
- Stain proof
- Scratch proof
- Heat proof
- Sun/weather proof
- Can be used indoors and outdoors
- Completely resistant to marks or etching
- Doesn't require any ongoing maintenance of sealing
3. Sintered Stone Is Ban-Compliant
Australia's engineered stone ban prohibits the manufacture, supply, processing and installation of resin-bound engineered stone above the regulated crystalline silica threshold, in force since 1 July 2024 with an import ban from 1 January 2025 (Safe Work Australia). Sintered stone contains no resin binder, so it was never the type of product the ban targets — it remains a fully compliant choice for kitchen benchtops and design projects.
4. Sintered Stone Is Unbelievably Versatile
There really is no other product in the Australian marketplace like sintered stone today. In comparison, engineered stone is incredibly limited to the versatile nature of sintered stone, which can just about be used anywhere you can imagine.
- Kitchen Benchtops
- Splashbacks
- Flooring
- Bathrooms
- Laundry
- Sinks
- Wall lining
- Building Facades
- Reception Desks
- Furniture
- Outdoor Facades
- Alfresco Areas
- BBQ Surrounds
- + a whole lot more
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The list is truly endless with Sintered Stone and this comes down to its unique production process, which fires sintered stone at up to 1400 degrees Celsius and is compacted under 30 tonnes of pressure to create a wildly resilient surface design.
5. Sintered Stone is Produced In Europe
Well, the best sintered stones are produced in Europe. Europe were the original pioneers of sintered stone back in the early 2000's. Our Asetica Sintered Stone Collection was one of the world's first designs, making its way onto the design scene in 2007.
Sourcing from an established European manufacturing partner also means consistent quality control and design standards across every batch, which matters when specifying for a large commercial or multi-unit residential project.
Levantina Quarries in Spain are the finest quality on the planet.
Conclusion on Sintered Stone
So before you go looking at kitchen benchtop surface materials for your renovation, consider taking a look at our Asetica Sintered Stone range for yourself.
Twenty five incredible European produced designs that offer affordable luxury for your project at a lesser price than the big brands on the market today.
With far more versatility than new engineered stones on the market, Sintered Stone should be at the top of your list for your Perth, Sydney and Melbourne project.