Seville – Seville hosts today the second day of the XXII World Ceramic Tiles Forum (WCTF), an annual meeting of ceramic tiles world producers, this year organized by Ascer, the Spanish Association of Ceramic Tile Manufacturers. In this edition, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, Canada, the European Union and the United States participate, countries that put together account for about 90% of the world’s ceramic tile production. The Italian delegation is led by the Chairman of Confindustria Ceramica, Vittorio Borelli, and the Vice President of the Federation of European Ceramic Alfonso Panzani. The meetings are held at the historic Hotel Alfonso XIII in the heart of the city and are divided according to an agenda built around all the questions of interest to the ceramics sector. The analysis begins with the presentation of world production, consumption and international trade data, followed by 15 different sessions during which each participating nation illustrates the national situation of the ceramic industry and construction. (9Colonne)
