The Brazilian ceramic tile industry contracted sharply in 2022 and expects a further slowdown in 2023, although the first signs of improvement may emerge in the second half of this year.
Founded in 1937 in the city of Varanasi in the state of Uttar Pradesh, Prayag Clay Product (PCP) is one of India’s top three structural clay product manufacturers in terms of volume, quality and the breadth of its product range.
Spanish tile production fell by 15% last year, with both exports and domestic sales down 13% respect to 2021. Total revenues grew by 16% as a result of higher selling prices.
Portobello’s new state-of-the-art factory in Tennessee will be started up in April and will have a yearly production capacity of 3.6 million sq.m of ceramic tiles.
Last year, Diamorph Hob Certec became Europe’s largest producer of alumina refractory rollers in terms of both quantity and turnover. Read the interview with Jan Roubal, CEO of the Czech company.
After the large capacity expansion completed this year, Somany Ceramics has become the second biggest Indian tile producer. Watch CEO Abhishek Somany’s interview at the inaugural conference at Tecna 2022.
RAK Ceramics announces its first half 2022 results, growing by 20%, and the new investments planned up to the year 2025. Watch CEO Abdallah Massaad’s interview at the inaugural conference at Tecna 2022.
India’s largest tile manufacturer plans to increase its sales at a rate of 15% for the next 3 years, confirming the growth trend of the last fiscal year.
Paolo Lamberti, President of ACIMAC: “The main strength is that Tecna is the sector’s trade show of reference and this is a consolidated and indisputable fact."
Luca Bazzani, CEO of System Ceramics, talked to us about the company’s strategy during these exceptional years, in whitch System Ceramics has developed its growth strategies putting the customer at the center of its activities, accelerating technological innovation, working on the quality of its products, focusing its efforts on sustainability and service.
Vittorio Costa, CEO Sales of Minerali Industriali Engineering, talks about the dry grinding technologies developed for ceramics manufacturing and the enthusiasm about being back at Tecna 2022.
Fabio Tarozzi, the Gruppo B&T's Chairman and CEO, talked to us about the key aspects of the company’s participation in Tecna, where the Group will be presenting more than 20 new products and solutions focused on innovation and energy saving.
Jasmine Geerinckx, Business Development Director of Unilin Technologies introduce us the company’s philosophy: changing the market by giving access to unique technologies that create better spaces.
