Ceramic World Review 158/2024

Editorial

• Investing in the future

by Paola Giacomini

World News

Events

• FM joins Elesa Group
• Iris Ceramica Group and Edison Next produce the world’s first slab with green hydrogen
• Second edition of COLLECTIO in Bali a resounding success
• The curtain rises on the 41st Cersaie

Economics

• European construction: recovery expected by 2025 (97th Euroconstruct Conference)
• The Italian ceramic machinery industry reports positive 2023 results
• We Are Acimac, the standard-bearer of Italian excellence

World production and consumption of ceramic tiles

• World production and consumption of ceramic tiles
• The world’s top ceramic tile manufacturers

Interview

• Somany Ceramics increasingly focused on the high-end segment
• Anatolia, a new protagonist in the large slab segment
• Kaleseramik announces new investments focused on growth

Innovation @ TECNA 2024

• Tecna 2024, technological excellence and high-profile conferences
• The “easy factory” concept to be unveiled at Tecna
• At Tecna, a 4,000 square metre area devoted to the sustainable smart factory
• Digital printing goes to the next level
• Spotlight on aesthetics and sustainability at Tecna 2024
• Ceramic slabs: sustainability begins with raw materials
• Shaping the future of the ceramic industry through innovation and sustainability
• New clays from South Africa and Brazil for porcelain stoneware slab production
• Productivity and automation on a multi-mould casting machine
• LATEST TECHNOLOGIES

Technology

• Aliplast and Mirage team up on plastic waste recovery project
• Water-based solutions for fully digital glazing
• New glazes for trendy matt finishes
• LATEST TECHNOLOGIES

Raw materials

• Travel notes of a backpacking geologist