Ceramic World Review 150/2023

Editorial

  • Competitiveness

By Paola Giacomini

World New

Economics

  • RAK Ceramics announces strong growth in FY 2022
  • European construction set to stagnate until 2025
  • India’s unstoppable growth

Interview

  • The Italian ceramic tile industry weathers the storm in 2022
  • Soaring gas prices hold back the Spanish tile industry

FOCUS ON: USA

  • 2022 U.S. Ceramic Tile Market Update
  • The US market 2023, a year of cooling off
  • Mohawk Industries reports positive 2022 results despite slowdown
  • Portobello set to start up its new factory in Baxter
  • “Designed in Italy, Made in the USA”: a formula for success

FOCUS ON: LARGE SIZES & SLABS

  • Roca Brasil Cerámica doubles its SuperSize line
  • Porcelanosa starts up new large-size slab factory
  • An integrated approach to large slab production
  • Increasingly high-performance, digital and flexible slab production lines
  • Transforming slabs into furnishing elements
  • An alternative clay for unglazed porcelain bodies from Brazil
  • Latest technologies