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.

While big names like Coverings and Canton Fair sequentially announced their digital exhibition, CeramBath has much earlier launched online. U

Intellytile BS is the newly launched artificial vision system from I-Tech for quality control and graphic inspection of large unfired ceramic tiles up to a maximum size of 160x320 cm. This

Sacmi has successfully dealt with the unprecedented challenge of its first remote start-up of a complete, automated line, which has started production at Belite Ceramics, in China

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

VAR Group has acquired a 51% stake in Infolog and strengthened the Sesa Group’s presence in the Industry 4.0 warehouse logistics solutions market in Italy and abroad.

To ensure the safety of its employees, I-Tech has produced masks in its rapid 3D printing and prototyping laboratory

Material solutions leader Sibelco has announced the acquisition of two clay producers in the Donbass region of Ukraine.

The new hybrid technology, which works with both water-based and solvent-based inks, was tested for over a year prior to validation.

The new plant will perform surface lapping of glazed surfaces and polishing of full-body, double-loaded or through-vein unglazed surfaces

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