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Due to be held from 1 to 4 June this year in Guangzhou, Ceramics China@Unifair 2017 is expecting an attendance of around 80,000 visitors.

Thousands of professional buyers from all over the world will be able to see cutting edge products and latest industrial updates on April 18-21 in Foshan.

The four-day event attracted a total passenger flow of 48,526 from home and abroad. International visitors accounted for a steady 10.6% of the total, almost same with the last session.

LB dry microgranulation technology has been installed at the Lingshi facility and will soon be adopted by other major Chinese groups.

Shandong V-Tong of Zibo has been supplied with a plant for the production of ceramic body obtained from cement production waste.

CeramBath embraces its 15 years and it's busy preparing for its 28th session, which will be held on Oct. 18-21, 2016. 

Monalisa Group has chosen Stonerise press feeding carriage for the new large-size tile production line.

The start-up of the plant is scheduled for 2017 and will be installed by System China.

The dry colouring system from LB has been adopted by the Ouximann group based in Zibo.

As one of the main venues of CeramBath, China Ceramics City had successfully held series of global sourcing activities during the 27th China International Ceramic & Bathroom Fair.

The Formigine-based Group is set to open a new facility in Gaoming, in the Foshan district of China following an investment of 6.8 million dollars.

An initial fall of 1.1% in 2014 was followed by a further 1.7 percentage point decline in exported volumes last year to a total of 1.065 billion sq.m.

The total visitor flow of the 27th CeramBath reached 49,663, 6.5% up than the 26th session.

The 27th CeramBath comes in time and will be grandly held on April 18, 2016 in Foshan, China.

After record exports of 1,095 million sq.m in 2013, volumes dropped by 2.9% last year to 1,063 million sq.m (a reduction of 32 million sq.m).