After five years of record growth, the signs of a slowdown that had already emerged in 2018, intensified in 2019, leading to a 19.8% drop in revenues, falling to 1.73 million euros.

The impossibility of guaranteeing an edition of Cersaie that would come up to its usual high standards has prompted the organisers to cancel this year’s event. Cersaie will be back from 27 September to 1 October 2021.

According to figures released by Confindustria Ceramica for the performance of the four segments in 2019, the sanitaryware sector remained stable, the refractory sector partially maintained the prior year results, while the tableware and brick and roof tile sectors both saw contractions.

Confindustria Ceramica announces the final figures for 2019 and makes an initial assessment of the impact of the health emergency on the tile industry

In 2019 Chinese ceramic tile exports registered the sixth yearly decrease, falling by 9.8% to 770 million sq.m

Ceramic tile manufacturers, colour and glaze companies and machinery and plant suppliers are all back to work counting on their respective competitive factors to overcome a challenging situation.

With China’s exit from the market, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Brazil and the newcomers saw increases in sales

The world’s leading trade fair for technology and aesthetics in the surface coverings industry will be back in the autumn of next year.