On 5 April, Durst opened its new headquarters in Brixen, northern Italy, a futuristic building that represents the group’s process of evolution.

The celebrations for Sacmi’s centenary began on 9 April with the inauguration of the new Sacmi Innovation Lab and the launch of the series of events entitled “Re-thinking the future”.

From 9 to 11 April, more than 900 companies will be exhibiting in Powtech 2019 in Nuremberg, one of the largest international exhibitions devoted to processing, analysis and handling of powders and bulk solids.

Fila, BMR and Vetriceramici were speakers at the conference “Surfaces and technology come together in the end-of-line stage” held on 23 November in Modena

A trendwatching event organised by Tosilab and the municipality of Fiorano Modenese was held in Spezzano castle on 5 October.

Materials’ Stories, the new Tecnografica meeting due to open on 6 November in Castellarano, will explore hidden materials, revealing their beauty for use in new and contemporary ceramic projects.

On 19 July the Sacmi workshop will discuss the theme of plant modernisation for the production of tiles, sanitaryware, tableware and technical ceramics with a focus on energy saving and digitisation.

More than 500 guests attended the preview of bt-SPACE, the venue devoted to communication between Siti BT Group and its partners.

The event organised by Tecnografica is currently displaying the new ceramic products developed ahead of Cersaie.

A curiously-titled, thought-provoking event was held by Esmalglass-Itaca Group on 16 March to celebrate the opening of its new facility in Sassuolo.

From 6 March onwards Tecnografica is opening the doors of its headquarters in Castellarano to present its latest ceramic design projects.

The LB event devoted to the new frontiers of aesthetics and ceramic tile production technology will take place from 20 September to 6 October.