9月23 to 27, the world's largest ceramic tile bathroom exhibition CERSAIE held as scheduled in Bologna, Italy .

learned from local media reports , according to the 2012 global ceramics industry ceramics Italian Association released data show that last year the global ceramic tile production continued to maintain growth , the growth rate was 5.38% , relative to 10.3% in 2011, a marked decline , but but it is the first time in recent years, the growth rate over the country . Italy's data show that in 2012 China's ceramic tile production growth of 3.35 %.

exhibition, exhibitors Chinese ceramic enterprises have Eagle , Champion, CIMIC , Loulan Dongpeng ceramics and pottery, from my personal feeling , the Chinese exhibitors at the exhibition booth area is not large , the design the very simple, and some use a lot of Chinese elements. In addition, the famous ceramic enterprises worldwide , such as MARAZZI, IMOLA, PORCELANOSA, IRIS, ROCA , etc. are unveiled.

these big companies abroad , in the show still retains the concept of space and design , through the years, I have observed this view, they are very popular booth busy , like a dealer meeting held the same . However, in these enterprises booth , I do not see what's new, almost can be said that a continuation of last year .

In fact , the overall trend in this session CERSAIE exhibition is also true in general , compared with last year's similar , which I visited one of the greatest feelings in the scene . Second, in my impression of them , this show is far less popular in previous years , although already concluded a week , but the whole show data yet on line. According to official statistics show last year and my initial understanding , exhibitors have 910 companies last year , and this year roughly 700 to 800 .

four technical innovation highlights

In fact , I was most impressed with is that there are some in the country have not yet , or is in the initial stages of innovative technologies at the show . The show features some of the highlights of the previous products have different levels of technological breakthroughs in this exhibition . I have the impression that the most profound is a large ceramic plate with a variety of spray glaze products , followed by wood and dry grain throwing bricks new products , these products at the show will be able to see a lot of .

the past few years , a large sheet has been a highlight of the show , and Size more and more, this year saw the sheet products , the specification is the largest 1.8 × 4m, and some thick ( about 8 ~ 10mm) porcelain plate ( length> 3 m ) also appeared in large numbers in the show , and even some of the thickness of a 15 ~ 16mm, this is a bit beyond my expectations.

Obviously , porcelain plates in manufacturing technology have a new breakthrough, estimates are likely to be produced by extrusion methods. In 2011, when I went to Italy to visit CERSAIE exhibition , visited by an extrusion process manufacturing porcelain plates Nuovocorso ceramic enterprises , the maximum size of their products reach 3200 × 1200mm, but it was felt genuine product quality is not high , maybe two today, after years of manufacturing technology has progressed , a large area to improve product quality , resulting in more ceramic enterprises manufacturing ceramic plate .

inkjet products this year, it can be said everywhere around the inkjet printing of a variety of decorative techniques is becoming a new technological innovation highlights. The show , Metco company exhibited up to 3 meters inkjet bleed ceramic plate products, the effect is very shocking ; far as I know , this product uses a glaze infiltration inkjet technology and inkjet all- out effect Like throwing the glaze , but durability is much higher than the whole cast glaze, its production step is the first in the surface layer of white brick embryo embryo pulp, thickness up to 3mm, then throw away the 1 ~ 2mm, to ensure flatness of the product.

addition , Torrecid, Esmalglass-Itacc, Ferro and Colorobbia subsidence and other companies launched a glaze, protruding glaze, metal glaze, candy glaze, transparent glaze , the glaze and other precious metals inkjet printing products , but also failed to achieve due to technical limitations production , is estimated to further improve inkjet printing machine with nozzles , these technologies will soon be widely applied.

I expect progress with the development of inkjet printing technology, inkjet printing there is huge room for development, estimated between one to two years thereafter , a comprehensive alternative to the use of inkjet printing technology efforts of various glazing techniques will continue to be deepening , inkjet printing technology is expected to gradually become tiled printing , glazing mainstream technology. From the exhibition clearly felt inkjet technology is everywhere, with stone- class products, imitation wood product category most vaguely felt growing homogenization of products .

layering pattern is more heavy wood blocks new , such as the emergence of ancient ship wood bricks and rotten wood grain tiles, I think this is a new grain market development, because last year 's launch of the white ink , so white birch bark and other wood blocks category got rich. In addition, the exhibition also appeared in a cement block that looks like the surface of the tile cement do the same.

impressed me was throwing dry grain products , is applied to the surface of the tile layer of dry glaze, which is equivalent to our enamel layer of microcrystalline dry frit, but we are mostly transparent frit microcrystalline it is also clear , except that it is the first in which the ink-jet printing, and then applying the glaze dry and then throw , I feel it and our ceramic composite tile closer.