Covid-19

The COVID-19 pandemic impacted on Q1 sales, dropping 6.4% to $2.3 billion. the Global Ceramic Segment saw a similar year-on-year decline in sales.

After posting growth in revenues and margins in 2019, the Mexican group Lamosa reported the first minus signs in its Q1 2020 results.

 The world leading exhibition for the ceramic industry will be held in Bologna from 9 to 13 November. Title of the event: “The healthiness of ceramics for rethinking home design and architecture”.

Durst has started the production of “community masks” at its Demo Center located at the Brixen headquarters.

The first batches will be donated to the Red Cross and to hospitals in Bergamo and Sassuolo, before starting the sale to private companies

Inter Ser has carried out numerous concrete actions to continue its operations during the emergency

In collaboration with Acimac, on this page we are publishing a summary of the main daily economic news items concerning the measures taken in countries around the world to respond to the Covid-19 crisis.

Orders were almost halved in April. ANFFECC calls for urgent economic measures to guarantee liquidity for businesses

The Scandiano-based company is part of the team that enabled ventilator production to be increased by 150% in response to the Covid-19 emergency.

Confindustria Ceramica and the trade unions have already signed a protocol to guarantee the resumption of ceramic production in complete safety. Industrialists call for factories to be reopened as soon as possible.

A new report from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) reveals the immediate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on architecture firms in the U.S.

Phased return to work and strict safety rules with full-scale operation to resume from April 20.

It is the first company to adopt this measure with dual serological and swab testing for about 2,200 employees.

The Castellón ceramic district is reopening after the two weeks of non-essential production activity shutdown imposed by the Sánchez government on 29 March. Construction sites also get the go-ahead

The order issued on the evening of Friday 3 April by the Italian Ministry of Health and the Emilia Romagna Regional Government authorises companies to sell products in stock in Italy and abroad.

Giovanni Savorani, Chairman of Confindustria Ceramica, sounds the alarm: “We are extremely concerned because the decisions taken by the Italian government to prevent the spread of the virus are harming the competitiveness of the sector.”

The fair, which was originally scheduled from 26 to 29 May, will be held at a later date yet to be decided.

The appeal made by the Chairman of the Italian Federation of Capital Goods Manufacturers, which includes ACIMAC (ceramic machinery manufacturers’ association), to the Italian institutions and the employers’ federation Confindustria to allow companies to reopen from 13 April.

The first large batches will be produced by mid-April and donated to hospitals in Bergamo and Sassuolo.

The event will take place from 13th to 18th April 2021 and will include all the biennial exhibitions such as EuroCucina and the International Bathroom Exhibition, along with the already scheduled Euroluce