Ceramic World Review 153/2023

Editorial

• Slowdown in the global market

By Paola Giacomini

World News

Events

• COLLECTIO, the Colorobbia event in Vietnam proves a big success

Economics

• Duravit builds the world’s first climate-neutral sanitaryware plant
• Italian ceramic machinery sales set new record
• Cerdomus starts up a new slab production plant

World production and consumption of ceramic tiles

• World production and consumption of ceramic tiles
• The world’s top ceramic tile manufacturers
• Pamesa Group goes shopping and invests in clean energy
• Kajaria Ceramics records double-digit growth
• Somany: a commitment to quality and innovation
• Kale goes public and starts up the third Kalesinterflex line

Interview

• Ceramika Paradyż looks to the future with TRI-D

Events

• Products take centre stage at Sacmi’s Tiles Open Week and BMR Gallery

Technology

• When the surface is not enough

Raw Materials

• White clays from Argentine Patagonia

Technology

• The new potential of machine vision Italvision
• Continuous inkjet pumps: the next generation of printing systems
• “Marble craftsmen” diversify into the ceramic sector: the case of Edilmarmi Faentina

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