CICA in focus

Jahir Ahmed looks back over a difficult year for SE Asian manufacturing, and asks what hopes there are for 2021…

The digital revolution

AC takes a look at some of the leading technology players in the ever-more competitive inkjet printing market…

The heavy price of heavy clay

Investment…that’s simply what’s needed to move the majority of the sub-continent’s brick makers from the dark ages to a modern, less polluting and ultimately more economically efficient industry. However, as a major employer, is there enough political will to force through the changes? Yogender Malik looks on…

The problems of freight

With the trading world in turmoil following the wave of lockdowns this year, the basic underpinning economy of freight that holds the whole system together has been thrown into total chaos. AC looks at how soaring rates are holding back deliveries and potentially changing ceramic buying and sourcing strategies for many countries…