Ceramic World Review 148/2022

Editorial

• See you at the shows!

by Paola Giacomini

World News

World Production and Consumption of Ceramic Tiles

• World production and consumption of ceramic tiles
• The world’s top ceramic tile manufacturers
• RAK Ceramics focuses on growth strategies
• Kajaria Ceramics accelerates its growth
• Somany Ceramics set for strong growth

Economics

• VitrA Tiles focuses on large sizes
• Cerrad Group makes major new investments
• The European construction market to 2024

Trends

• Ceramic trends 2022-2023

TECNA

• Tecna 2022: Sustainability and digitalisation take centre stage
• “The advanced ceramic plant” takes centre stage at Tecna 2022
• At Tecna ‘22, product and process innovation goes hand in hand with sustainability
• The sustainable future of ceramic body preparation
• Abatement of harmful substances in flue gases
• Successful partnerships: the Gold Art experience
• A spectral scanner with a long history

Technology

• Turning waste heat into clean energy
• Media for digital glazing with water-based glazes and engobes
• Material and structured effects

Sanitaryware

• New ventilating cone for sanitaryware drying

Innovations @ TECNA

Latest technologies