Ceramic World Review 161/2025

Editorial

• USA: no anti-dumping duties on India

by Paola Giacomini

World News

Economics

• Villeroy & Boch Group meets all its targets
• Lamosa group reports revenue growth in Q1 2025
• Indian tile exports fall in 2024
• The rapid urbanization is driving the construction sector in India

Interview

• STN Group maintains strong growth

FOCUS ON glazing & decoration

• The full digital revolution: innovation, integration and sustainability
• New opportunities for fully digital decoration lines
• Three-dimensional surfaces: BVERSO, More Is Less
• Flow: the present and future of digital glaze and grit application
• DreamLab and Arteology, fusing ceramic artistry and technology
• LATEST TECHNOLOGIES large sizes & slabs

Trends

• Technology and sensory experience in contemporary ceramics

FOCUS ON sustainability

• Electric kilns and dryers: towards decarbonisation of the ceramic process
• From energy efficiency to the circular economy: models of sustainable innovation
• CE.SI.’s small-format tiles now more sustainable than ever
• Finishing 5.0 and Green Innovation
• LATEST TECHNOLOGIES sustainability

Topics

• Cybersecurity: a new challenge for the European manufacturing industry

Raw Materials

• Travel notes of a backpacking geologist. Chapter 3: Africa