Tecnargilla 2010 with rising numbers of international visitors

»1 Omer Tuncay, Sales Manager at Keramik Makina San. Tic. Ve Taah. Ltd. Sti., Turkey, pictured in front of an unloading robot

»2 Joris Hennings, Deputy Managing Director at Tecton GmbH Keramikanlagen, Germany

»3 Eric Girardot, Area Sales Manager, (left) and Philippe Penillard, President, Cleia, France, presented their new company

»4 Andreas Hässler, Managing Director (left), and Christian A. Hässler, A. Hässler Anlagenbau GmbH, Germany

»5 Dr. Eng. Nicolas Giannakis, Area Sales Manager at Capaccioli Impianti, Italy

»6 The team from Cos.Me.Tec srl, Managing Director Amm. Vincenzo Rutigliano (second from right), Cos.Me.Tec srl, Italy

»7 Stefano Lanzoni, Business Manager for Heavy Clay Ceramics and Technical Ceramics at Sacmi Imola S.C., Italy, pictured in front of a 3-m-high tile

»8 Günther Schmidt, President (right), and Stephan Schmidt (left), Stephan Schmidt KG, Germany, talking with Zi Editor Anett Fischer

»9 Karl Hinrich Medau, Managing Partner at Ikema Service GmbH, Germany, explains the new self-cleaning centrifugal cabin for roofing tiles to Zi Editor Anett Fischer

»10 Ulrich Hagemann, Sales Manager at Keller HCW GmbH, Germany

»11 Patrick Hebrard, President at Ceric Technologies, France

»12 Christoph Hellmich, Managing Director at Hellmich GmbH & Co. KG, Germany

»13 Markus Rank, Management Assistant at Ziegelmundstückbau Braun GmbH, Germany pictured in front of a die

»14 Andreas Lingl (left) and Frank Appel, Managing Directors Hans Lingl Anlagenbau und Verfahrenstechnik GmbH & Co. KG, Germany

Just a year after the last Ceramitec, Tecnargilla was held in Rimini. The percentage of foreign visitors has increased steeply, but many exhibitors still say the total number of visitors is too low. In the following we present exclusive views of selected exhibitors on the trade fair.

1. Summary

The 22nd Tecnargilla, organized from 27 September to 1 October in Rimini, closed with a positive visitor balance. Rimini Fiera announced that a total of 31 599 visitors (+0.5% compared to 2008) had come to find out about the latest technological and aesthetic innovations from the worldwide leading companies in the sector.

Strong growth could also be registered for the international visitors, with a plus of 18.6% compared to the last trade fair in 2008. Totalling 14 603 people, foreign visitors accounted for more than 46% of the total number of visitors. These included industry buyers...