ASEAN sanitaryware demand

Jahir Ahmed discusses how the ASEAN sanitaryware market, under pressure from over-capacity and imports, is perhaps starting to turn a corner as demand growth shows no signs of stopping.

Iran: a digital breakthrough

Digital decoration has been one of the most important technical developments to sweep the global tile industry, and Iran – the powerhouse of the Middle East – has certainly adopted this technique. Yogender Malik looks at how the industry has evolved…

Tile buying trends, part 2

Jahir Ahmed looks at how the continued growth of urban construction keeps the pressure on tile manufacturers to produce ever more targeted solutions for image-conscious customers.

Province Profile: Liaoning

In the next of our exclusive Chinese Province Profiles, we turn our attention to Liaoning – a region that has experienced rapid growth in the last fifteen years, and as attention shifts to other provinces, could be well poised to provide an engine for future dramatic growth.