Ceramic World Review 159/2024

Editorial

• Ceramics of value

by Paola Giacomini

World News

Events

• 5,000 people gather for Sacmi’s 105th anniversary celebrations
• Cersaie, 95,000 visitors and a focus on nuclear energy

Tecna

• Tecna 2024, another successful edition
• The winners of the TecnAwards 2024

Economics

• Mohawk Industries reports slight downturn in third quarter
• Italcer Group at the forefront of sustainability

Interview

• Gemma, innovation and sustainability in Egypt

FOCUS ON sanitaryware

• World sanitaryware exports and imports
• The big players in the sector
• Villeroy & Boch passes one-billion-euro revenue mark
• Geberit outperforms expectations despite challenging conditions
• Sanidecor, the leading sanitaryware producer in Algeria
• Digital Product Development: the rise of digital modelling in the sanitaryware industry
• A new clay for sanitaryware production

Technology

• Altadia Group: The hydrogen route to decarbonisation
• Energy recovery: a step forward in heat management technology
• Id-Tiles, for authentic Italian-made slabs
• Digital grit and powder application

FOCUS ON raw materials

• More sustainable and higher quality ceramic bodies
• LATEST TECHNOLOGIES raw materials
• Travel notes of a backpacking geologist - Chapter 2: The 1990s

Topics

• The Transition 5.0 Plan for the ceramic industry