Review | The first ceramics exhibition in the globe ended successfully. Read this article to see what you miss
On 23 July, 2020, Uniceramics Expo 2020 was ended at Tanzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center, Foshan. With the theme of “Cross-Border Symbiosis, Green Intelligence”, ceramics and bathroom products exhibition and ceramics equipment and materials exhibition were held at the same time.
With exhibit space reaching 120,000m2 (10 halls), it is the first exhibition in the global ceramics industry with the largest scale and the highest specification in 2020. The exhibition has attracted about 400+ well-known enterprises at home and abroad to exhibit at the exhibition and the attendance reaches 116,815.
▲Uniceramics Expo 2020 has 10 halls, hosting ceramics and bathroom products exhibition and ceramics equipment and materials exhibition at the same time.
At the world’s largest ceramics exhibition this year, Uniceramics Expo can be regarded as the “vane of the development of the ceramics industry” in terms of exhibit space, exhibit category, booth design, etc. In the following, let's briefly review the highlights of the exhibition:
01 The biggest ceramics exhibition, jointly build the Foshan Industrial Exhibition brand
Guided by CCPIT Guangdong Committee and The People's Government of Foshan Municipality, professionally guided by Guangdong Building Materials Association, Guangdong Ceramics Association and Foshan Ceramic Industrial Association, this exhibition is hosted and organized by Foshan Uniceramics Development Co., Ltd. What’s more, it has received great support from associations and organizations such as CCPIT Foshan Committee, Foshan Chamber of International Commerce, IID-ASC, Foshan Federation of Industry & Commerce, Foshan Enterprise Confederation, Foshan Entrepreneur Directors Association, Tanzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center, etc.
On 20 July, Uniceramics Expo 2020 was grandly opened at Tanzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center, Foshan, China. Fang Lixu, Party Secretary and Chairman of CCPIT Guangdong Committee; Cui Shuang, Vice Chairman of CCPIT Guangdong Committee; Qiao Yu, Vice Mayor of Foshan City; Ye Delin, President of Foshan Federation of Industry & Commerce, Chairman of Newpearl Ceramics Group; Li De, Secretary of Party Committee of Foshan Federation of Industry & Commerce; Ma Xiangyu, Party Secretary and Chairman of CCPIT Foshan Committee; Liu Yi, Director of Sino-German Industrial Services Zone, Management Committee of Sanlongwan; Tong Quanqing, Deputy Director of Foshan Bureau of Commerce; Zhang Yun, Deputy Director of the Management Committee of Foshan Sino-German Industrial Services Zone (Sanlongwan); Liang Tongcan, President of Foshan Ceramic Industrial Association, Chairman of Guangdong Hongyu Group; Xiao Hua, Chairman of Monalisa Group; Xie Yuezeng, President of Wonderful Group, General Manager of Guangdong Marcopolo Group; Yu Aimin, Vice President and Chief Engineer of Research and Development Dept. of Nabel Group; Bian Cheng, President of Guangdong Building Materials Association, Chairman of Keda Industrial Group; Wu Yiyue, Founding President of Guangdong Building Materials Association; Chen Huan, President of Guangdong Ceramics Association; Li Hongyao, Director, Executive Vice President of Landbond Furniture Group; Ouyang Xi, President of Wayes; Xiao Libiao, President of Monalisa Group and other government officials, industry experts, enterprise representatives attended the opening ceremony.
This event also received support from media, including: CCTV, XINHUA NEWS, people.cn, Southern Daily, Guangzhou Daily, Foshan Daily, Guangdong Southern Satellite TV, Foshan TV, toutiao, Tencent Home, Sina Home, Sohu Home, South China Home, Ceramic Town Weekly, CHINACHINA.NET, Ceramic Information, huarenshejishi.com, who live streamed and reported on this event.
During the opening ceremony, Qiao Yu, Vice Mayor of Foshan City, gave a speech first. He expressed the confidence and determination of the Foshan Government to create “the exhibition at the production base”. He believed that this exhibition will surely become a high-end ceramics industry event that leads the industry and favored by the buyers. What’s more, it will establish a sample of the high-quality development of Foshan's manufacturing industry, and turn into a shining business card for Foshan manufacturing and Foshan exhibition industry!
At the opening ceremony, Ye Delin, President of Foshan Federation of Industry & Commerce, Chairman of Newpearl Ceramics Group, stressed the strong appeal of Uniceramics Expo. He said that the success of Uniceramics Expo is inseparable from the effective measures taken by the country to prevent and control the epidemic, and the joint efforts of the upstream and downstream of the ceramic industry. As an old ceramic peer who has been in the industry for decades, he is so proud!
▲Ye Delin, President of Foshan Federation of Industry & Commerce, Chairman of Newpearl Ceramics Group;
02 The world’s first “Slab Industry Cross Border Alliance” was established
On 20 July, the world's first “Slab Industry Cross Border Alliance” was jointly set up by a number of associations and enterprises from the field of furniture, stone, design and ceramics at the exhibition. At the launching ceremony, representatives from different fields read out The Declaration of Uniceramics. In the future, the members of the alliance will gather superior resources from various fields to form a joint force to expand and strengthen the slab business, and make slab commonplace in every family.
03Original IP Hall, empowering the industry with design and culture
This exhibition sets up “Original IP Hall” where built a copyright creative design exhibition area and held a series of original IP conferences so as to promote the transformation and upgrading of the ceramics industry with creative design and copyright awareness.
In addition to displaying the original creative design products of Marcopolo, Nabel, Winto, Eagle 2086, there is also a copyright creative design display area, showing high-quality design works from the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, the ceramics industrial design display, the cultural creativity display, the copyright transaction display, etc., attracting many visitors to watch and take photos. In addition, Foshan Copyright Protection Association has also taken a booth as service providing points on site to provide related consulting services such as copyright registration and rights protection for exhibitors and enterprises.
▲There was a copyright creative design display area in Hall 5 which attracted many visitors to watch and take photos
Dr. Shan, the Director of the Palace Museum also came to the Exhibition and delivered a speech Artistic Conception of Human Settlements • Inheritance and Innovation of Traditional Culture.
At the Architectural Design Institutes Forum, plenty of distinguished guests from the design institute discussed the trend of design and materials with industry representatives centered around BIM technology, public transportation hubs, and cultural and sports architectures, etc. to jointly promote the integration and development of design and ceramics industry.
04 Gather the world's latest and highest-end products
In the ceramics and bathroom products exhibit area (Hall 1 - Hall 5), well-known ceramic companies at home and abroad, such as WONDERFUL GROUP, GUANZHU, NABEL, MONALISA, HONGYU, XINZHONGYUAN, KITO, INOL, EAGLE 2086, OCEANO, LAMINAM, etc. have participated in the exhibition and showed their latest products.
▲Hongyu Ceramics Booth
▲Deer Tile Booth
▲Wito Ceramics Booth
▲Nabel Booth
Guochao (a trend that domestic brands and products incorporate Chinese traditional style and culture with current fashion), modern space, technological elements... the unique booths set up by the exhibitors have left a deep impression on the visitors. Through creative activities, they released new products, attracting a large number of buyers to consult and continuous stream of visitors.
▲蒙娜丽莎展位
▲冠珠陶瓷展位
Among them, Guanzhu Ceramics explored how to use design to lighten the beauty of the city with “Desirable City”; Monalisa promoted the flagship product “Hyper Stone Generation Slab” with a maximum size of 1600×3600 (mm), which was one of the highlight products of the exhibition; Hongyu Ceramics launched “fantastic technology”, rejuvenating the glory of domestic goods with new hardcore products; Inol displayed the new “one piece to the top” series, a new product line that does not require splicing; KITO showed a wide range of tiles which include big, thick, light, thin, looking ahead to the future of industrial development; Nabel released the full body 5.0 series, solving the "white line" problem of traditional full body tiles; with the theme of “Feeling 600 Years With Heart – Ceramic Carving Exhibition In China Architecture Ceramics Museum”, Wonderful Group reinterpret the painting and calligraphy collections of the Forbidden City on ceramics tiles; Eagle 2086 together with Honorary President of International Academy of Ceramics, Jacques Kaufmann, to display the most “expensive” gold bricks…
05 Green Intelligence: Focus on the latest achievements in equipment and technology
In ceramics equipment and materials exhibit area (Hall 6 - Hall 10), KEDA, HLT, DOWSTONE, NKT, ANGTAI, MEIJIA, CREATE-TIDE, KEHAI GLAZE, CERAMIX, LILE MACHINERY, HOPE, ESMALGLASS-ITACA, SYSTEM, SITI B&T, FERRO, LB, QUNXING, and other domestic and foreign ceramics equipment and materials company have participated in the Exhibition to show us the latest exploration of green and intelligent manufacturing in recent years
▲Keda Booth
▲NKT Booth
▲Yongtao Booth
▲Hope Booth
Due to the impact of the epidemic this year, many overseas buyers were unable to come to the exhibition. The host provided live streaming service by “Live Streaming Overseas Direct Train” to help exhibitors promote in the international market.
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During the exhibition, a number of professional forums were held, which promoted the cross-border industrial communication.
▲ “Slab” sees the future –Home Furnishing Future Trend Forum
▲Loudi & Foshan Advanced Electronic Ceramics Matchmaking Conference
▲2020 Greater Bay Area Furniture Application Forum and Launching Ceremony of Direct Purchase Supply and Demand Matchmaking Conference
▲The 5th China decorator
▲Ultra-Thin Slab Technology Forum – the 3rd Ceramics Industry New Materials, New Technology, New Equipment Forum
▲Foamed Ceramics Technology and Application Summit
▲The Power of Zhanjiang Design and Annual Conference 2020 and Forum
Uniceramics Expo 2020 has drawn a conclusion successfully. This edition of Uniceramics Expo carried the ardent hope of the industry and ignited the strong momentum of the industry's recovery. The high quality success of Uniceramics Expo is inseparable from the country’s great strategic achievements in epidemic prevention and control, the strong support of the Foshan government, the vigorous promotion of CCPIT Guangdong Committee and other business associations, as well as the full participation of exhibitors, visitors, partners, media and other industrial professionals.
The huge support of the industry is a great encouragement and spur to Uniceramics Expo. Slab, thick tile, foamed ceramics, permeable tile, etc. will lead the industry to a broader world. This is a brand new career with challenges and opportunities coexisting. The future road will be full of thorns. It is necessary to gather the power of the entire industry chain to overcome the thorns, and Uniceramics Expo is a part of this chain. The gathering hub is more important than the provenance. The industry needs a big platform for power, and Uniceramics Expo is shouldering this mission.
See you at Uniceramics Expo 2021!