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Kajaria Ceramics has recorded another growth year. In the financial year ended 31 March 2025, the com-pany delivered 6% growth in volumes and a 2% increase in topline, with total revenue from operations reaching around US $548 million (4,683 crore rupees). This reflects the largest Indian tile manufacturer’s ability to sustain growth even when the industry is under pressure.
We talk to Chetan and Rishi Kajaria about the dynamics and prospects of the Indian market and the group’s latest projects, which are mainly focused on improving overall efficiency and diversifying its portfolio.
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Somany Ceramics, India’s second largest ceramics group, closed the 2024-2025 financial year (ending 31 March 2025) with positive results despite the slowdown in the Indian domestic market. Turnover grew by 2.6% year-on-year to INR 26.43 billion (approx. US $320 million), following the previous year’s 4.6% in-crease. This performance reflects the company’s resilient strategies to sustain growth alongside the sig-nificant investments made in recent years. Somany’s market presence continues to strengthen, both domestically and internationally. It serves cus-tomers across 76 countries on six continents, while in India it operates through 2,880 active dealers and 514 showrooms, cementing its position as one of the most trusted names in Indian households.
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In the face of global economic uncertainty, geopolitical tensions and high inflation, Kaleseramik closed 2024 with resilience and determination, firmly aligned with its strategic goals and ending the year in step with expectations. Despite the contraction in domestic demand, the Turkish ceramic group pursued a series of technology investments aimed above all at operational and process efficiency, greater production line flexibility and the expansion of its product portfolio. This came as the Turkish ceramic industry saw pro-duction volumes decline for the third consecutive year (national output fell by 14.5% to 318 million sqm), despite a strong recovery in exports, which rose to 101 million sqm.
We spoke to Kaleseramik’s General Manager Timur Karao ğ lu about the industry’s current dynamics and the evolution of the company, which was founded in the Çan district of Çanakkale and celebrated its 68th anniversary on July 27 with the announcement of new projects.
Timur Karaoğlu, General Manager Kaleseramik
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To complement the data on global tile production and consumption, we present, as every year, the update as of 12/31/2024 of the sector’s leading groups and companies, ranked by last year’s output volumes. We remind that the data are mostly provided directly by the companies, or, in a few cases, retrieved from pub-lic sources or estimated. To correctly understand the rankings, as usual, we remind that the ranking is not exhaustive, due to the lack of available data on the volumes produced by several groups that would otherwise be included.
American Olean, Dal Tile, KAI, Kerama Marazzi, Marazzi, Ragno, Emilgroup, Eliane, Vitromex, Elizabeth
Lamosa, Porcelanite, Firenze, San Lorenzo, Cordillera, Scop, Incepa, USCT, Baldocer, Azulejos Benadresa, Etile, Euroceramica, Gala, Roca
COTTO, Sosuco, Campana, Italia, Espana, Family, Prime, Premier, Mariwasa, Kia, Impresso
Cecafi, Pisoforte, Fioranno, Idealle, Arielle
Kajaria
Pamesa, TAU, Geotiles, Prissmacer, Ecoceramic, Navarti, Ascale
STN, Alaplana, Tesany, Vitacer, KTL, Venux
Incefra, Incenor, Tecnogres, In Out, HD-Max, UP, Concept, Speciale Técnica, Design, Plus
Cedasa, Majopar, Vistabella, Lorenza
Johnson, Marbonite, Endura, Porselano
Portobello, Pointer, Portobello America
Dynasty, Tile Top, Jaguar, RCI, Chicken, Birdy, Swan
Cersanit, Opoczno, Meissen Keramik, Mito
Rako, Cesarom, LB-Ceramics, Zalakeramia
Keraben, Saloni, IberoCasainfinita, Serra, Ascot, Dom, Mac3, Keradom, Ceramiche Colli, Ceramiche Santa Maria
Orchid, Sunset
After two consecutive years of contraction, Europe’s construction sector is entering a phase of cautious sta-bilisation. According to the latest November 2025 forecast from the Euroconstruct network, total construc-tion output across the 19 member countries declined by 0.5% in 2023 and by 1.7% in 2024, marking the weakest two-year performance since the pandemic. Yet the outlook is shifting: modest growth of +0.3% is expected in 2025, followed by a more noticeable expansion of +2.4% in 2026 as financing conditions ease and civil engineering becomes the main engine of recovery. Economic fundamentals remain mixed.
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After overcoming the difficulties of 2023, an extremely challenging year for the ceramic sector as a whole, the Pamesa Group closed 2024 with strong growth in profitability, more than offsetting a 5% drop in con-solidated turnover across its three business areas of ceramics, raw materials and energy.
The group’s turnover fell to €1,132 million, including €926 million from ceramic tiles (down 3% on 2023), €168 million from raw materials (-18%) and €39 million from the energy division (+18%). At the same time, however, the group’s margins soared.
EBITDA reached €192 million (17% of turnover) compared to €106 million the previous year, while pre-tax profit climbed to €114 million (10.1% of revenues), five times high-er than the €21 million reported in 2023.
Fernando Roig
Confirming its position as one of the world’s leading producers of ceramic tiles, sanitaryware, bathroom fittings and tableware, RAK Ceramics closed the first half of 2025 with solid growth in both revenue and profitability. Results were driven by an excellent second quarter, in which the UAE-based group delivered standout performances thanks to strong demand in the Middle East and domestic markets, supported by improved operational efficiency and effective cost management. Between April and June, revenue rose by 6.4% compared to Q2 2024, reaching AED 826.8 million (around €192 million). Gross profit margin climbed to 40.6%, EBITDA grew by 17.5% and EBITDA margin improved to 19.5%. Profit before and after tax rose by 45% and 30% year on year, respectively.
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In recent years, large format ceramic slabs have continued to gain ground in high-end architecture and in-terior design, now going well beyond their traditional use in flooring and wall tiles. Today, these oversize formats are being widely used for premium and innovative architectural applications such as high-end aes-thetic countertops, wall cladding, furniture, and seamless ventilated façades used for upmarket buildings and houses. As a result, demand for higher quality slabs demonstrating superior technical performance is growing - particularly in markets like Spain, where prices for these materials continue to rise.
Esmalglass-Itaca (Vilareal, Spain)
Esmalglass-Itaca is returning to Cersaie 2025 with a portfolio of solutions designed to promote a more cre-ative, innovative and sustainable ceramic industry, a sector in which excellence is the key to material evo-lution and progress. The company has established itself as the technological leader within the Altadia Group thanks to its commitment to developing high value-added products. For years it has been recognised as a strategic, re-liable partner for global manufacturers, improving their competitiveness, supporting product differentiation and driving innovation. Its focus on service goes handin-hand with its deep understanding of processes and its commitment to advancing the frit, glaze and digital ink sector.
As part of the transition towards the new Easy Factory concept, Sacmi is presenting Optima+, the new camera-based system for inspecting unfired slabs. The system performs automatic, accurate and consistent quality control of the entire production process, resulting in higher quality, zero waste, no unnecessary re-working and greater overall process efficiency.
In the ongoing evolution of digital ceramic surface decoration, a new frontier has emerged. This time the focus is not on solutions for large tiles and slabs, but on an inkjet printer called EDGE that is designed to perform direct decoration of the edges of ceramic skirting tiles.
Launched at Tecna 2024 in Rimini, EDGE is a one-of-a-kind system designed to meet new market demands for a high level of customisation, high-quality decorative details and reduced environmental impact, ful-filling all three needs with precision, efficiency and sustainability.
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In these complex times marked by uncertainty and fragility, when the future feels anything but assured, something is shifting. It is not a naive optimism but a strong collective desire to begin again, to rebuild not only in practical terms but also symbolically. Architecture is taking on a vital role in this process, helping to construct not only solid buildings but also real prospects and hope.
We have travelled to trade fairs and exhibitions, to the places where tomorrow’s design languages are taking shape. It has observed, noted and assimilated. Now it is distilling those experiences into their most direct form: first-hand encounters, materials that speak, colours that set the tone. Cre-Attiva is the first four annual ceramic-focused events, a programme that has creativity as its common thread. In-side the Trend Room in new showroom, professionals are invited to participate in a design mani-festo that explores the role of architecture and ceramic design at a time of profound change.
In a few days, we will leave a challenging 2025 behind and step into a new year that is already showing signs of a possible recovery across the ceramic industry supply chain.
Let’s start with the Italian technology suppliers. After a sharp contraction in 2024 (-24%), they are expecting to close 2025 with estimated revenues of €1,732 million, still down 5% but well above the far gloomier forecasts made at the start of the year, as Acimac Chairman Paolo Lamberti confirms. According to preliminary figures compiled by the Acimac-Mecs Research Centre, domestic sales in Italy fell to €518 million (-3%) and exports to €1,214 million (-5.9%), bringing the sector back to 2019 levels.
Italian machinery manufacturers still find themselves operating in a complex environment. On the one hand, international competition – particularly from China – has become more aggressive. On the other, the sector is going through a natural adjustment phase following the ceramic industry’s intense investments over the two-year period 2022-2023, which drove record revenues of more than €2.3 billion.
Commenting on the figures, Paolo Lamberti also pointed to factors that could drive demand from 2026 onwards, namely “the prospect of a mediumterm recovery in construction and the need to replace obsolete plants in several countries. This represents a major opportunity for Italian companies to supply hightech, high value-added solutions.”
Further confirmation of a recovery in European construction after two years of contraction comes, amongst others, from Euroconstruct, which expects a modest upturn as early as 2025 followed by a more significant expansion in 2026.
As for global tile production, the Mecs Forecasting Observatory is projecting a small rebound in worldwide volumes in 2025, followed by continued growth through to 2028. Encouraging signals are also coming from leading sanitaryware groups, which expect to close 2025 with better results than in 2024.
Despite signs of recovery in the global tile and ceramic market in 2026, the future outlook of this industry in Iran remains uncertain. Given the continuation of a multi-year downturn in the construction sector, rampant inflation across all sectors, and the sharp rise in exchange rates in Iran, exports have remained the only effective lifeline for the industry in recent years. However, the sustainability of this situation, the continued access to export markets, and the industry’s competitiveness within those markets must be analysed and assessed with far greater care. Serious competitors in export destinations – including India, China’s regional investments, and the establishment and expansion of new manufacturing facilities in Iran’s key export markets – could pose significant challenges to this vital segment of the industry in the coming years. ◼
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