Foshan Uniceramics Technology Expo

April 19–22, 2027 | Tanzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center, Foshan · China

The Global Hub for Ceramic Manufacturing Technology

Foshan Uniceramics Technology Expo is the world's premier platform for ceramic production machinery, equipment, materials, and technology. The expo brings together equipment and technology enterprises from ceramic manufacturing powerhouses including China, Italy, Spain, and Germany, covering the entire chain of smart manufacturing solutions from raw material preparation, body forming, firing, glazing, sorting, to automated packaging. For factory owners, production managers, and technical engineers, this is the most comprehensive showcase of production innovations available globally.

In the core materials segment, the expo brings together professional ceramic materials suppliers, with exhibits covering body materials, frits, eco-friendly glazes, colorants, digital inks, and various functional additives – ranging from traditional base raw materials to cutting-edge functional new materials. The expo provides global buyers with cost-effective direct-from-source procurement channels, helping enterprises streamline supply chains and establish long-term partnerships.

As the core hub for global ceramic manufacturing technology and materials innovation, 2027 Foshan Uniceramics Technology Expo bridges the two key domains of smart equipment manufacturing and new materials. With its core advantages of full-industry-chain coverage, live technology demonstrations, and precision business matching, the expo empowers ceramic enterprises worldwide to reduce costs, improve quality, and achieve iterative upgrades, driving the industry toward high-quality, sustainable development.

Exhibition Scope

Raw Material Processing

Covering complete intelligent raw material preparation systems for ceramic production, including ball mills, magnetic separators, spray dryers, fully automatic batching systems, and other core equipment. Leveraging intelligent control systems to achieve precise batching, energy savings, and consumption reduction, stabilize green body production quality, and improve overall production yield.

Pressing & Forming

Covering forming equipment for various wall and floor tiles, as well as large-format sintered stone, adapted for flexible production of ceramic products in multiple specifications. Paired with intelligent quick mold change systems to effectively shorten production line changeover time, meeting the needs of diversified, small-batch, high-efficiency modern production.

Drying & Firing Kilns

Focusing on green low-carbon smart manufacturing, featuring energy-efficient drying equipment, heat-recovery roller kilns, low-carbon hydrogen co-firing, and other new firing technologies. Also providing integrated solutions for upgrading and retrofitting old kilns, as well as energy-saving optimization, helping enterprises achieve cost reduction, efficiency improvement, and low-carbon compliance in production.

Glazing & Digital Decoration

Bringing together fully automatic intelligent glazing equipment, high-end digital inkjet printing equipment, and supporting decoration systems. Covering diversified glazing, high-definition digital printing, three-dimensional relief decoration, and other processes, meeting the high-end, personalized, and diversified surface upgrade needs of ceramic products.

Sorting, Packaging & Logistics

Covering AI intelligent vision sorting, automated packaging, robotic palletizing, AGV intelligent warehousing and logistics, and other downstream complete equipment. Through intelligent control across the entire process, optimizing production lines, reducing product loss, and achieving automation and intelligence upgrades in the downstream production stage.

Environmental and Protection Equipment

Including complete clean production equipment for flue gas treatment, dust purification, wastewater recycling, noise reduction, as well as integrated turnkey environmental management systems. Providing comprehensive support for ceramic factories to adapt to domestic and international environmental standards and achieve green compliant production.

Clay, Minerals, Frits & Chemical Additives

Covering core ceramic mineral raw materials such as kaolin, feldspar, and quartz; various general-purpose and functional frits; as well as specialized chemical additives including dispersants, deflocculants, and grinding aids. Adapted to meet the needs of various ceramic body and glaze formulations and process optimization.

Colors, Glazes & Digital Inks

Including various finished glazes, functional colorants, traditional printing colorants, and eco-friendly digital inkjet inks. Covering both routine production and high-end digital decoration scenarios, capable of achieving rich colors, special textures, and functional surface effects, empowering product quality and aesthetic enhancement.

Featured Exhibitors

SACMI

A globally leading supplier of ceramic production technology from Italy, offering complete production lines. Showcasing the Continua+ pressing system and advanced digital decoration platforms. Integrated factory automation solutions for large-scale manufacturers

KEDA

China's largest ceramic machinery manufacturer. Founded in 1992, its product portfolio includes presses, kilns, polishing lines, and turnkey plant solutions.

HLT | DLT

Built upon Foshan HLT Machinery Co., Ltd., with a history of nearly 70 years. Upholding the philosophy of "Made in China, Serving the World," the company is committed to building a "domestically leading and internationally first-class" ceramic machinery complete-line equipment flagship, covering the entire process from raw material preparation, forming, firing, to post-kiln complete lines and supporting services.

Dowstone

A Chinese high-tech enterprise and listed company, founded in 2007. While deeply cultivating the ceramic materials business, the company has also entered the new energy battery materials sector, leveraging new material technologies as a strategic entry point.

ZSCHIMMER & SCHWARZ

The group was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Lahnstein, Germany, near Koblenz. With substantial strength, it enjoys a high reputation in the international chemical auxiliaries industry.

Vidres / ATC Colores

Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Castellón, Spain, the company is a globally leading professional manufacturer of ceramic raw materials, including ceramic glazes, dry grains, and other ceramic materials.

Core Highlights

Industry 4.0 Smart Factory Total Solutions

The expo presents a panoramic display of ceramic-specific Industry 4.0 intelligent production systems, integrating digital twins, cloud-based big data platforms, and full-line equipment intelligent interconnection systems. This enables digitalized and visualized management and control across the entire process—from raw material preparation, forming, firing, and glazing to sorting and warehousing.

AI-Powered Full-Dimension Intelligent Quality Inspection

Featuring a new generation of AI vision quality inspection systems based on deep learning algorithms, adapted for high-speed mass production lines. These systems can precisely capture subtle defects including color deviation, dimensional errors, pinholes, cracks, surface bumps, and glaze imperfections, with detection accuracy and stability far exceeding traditional manual inspection.

Kiln Energy Saving & Low-Carbon Decarbonization Smart Manufacturing Technologies

Showcasing multiple game-changing low-carbon firing and energy-saving equipment technologies, including hydrogen co-firing zero-carbon kilns, waste heat recovery energy-saving roller kilns, high-efficiency multi-layer drying equipment, and clean energy drying systems. Simultaneously presenting complete environmental retrofit solutions such as carbon capture, ultra-low flue gas emission, wastewater recycling, and intelligent noise reduction, while also providing energy-saving upgrade and retrofit services for old kilns and traditional production lines.

Full-Process Automated Flexible Production Equipment

Displaying flexible production equipment suitable for all product categories including sintered stone, large slabs, conventional wall and floor tiles, and sanitary ware. Equipped with intelligent quick mold change systems, fully automatic precision batching, and intelligent press forming equipment, enabling rapid switching of product specifications to accommodate small-batch, multi-category, high-efficiency modern production models.

Solid Waste Regeneration & Low-Carbon Eco-Friendly Body Materials

Featuring innovative circular economy material systems, presenting recycled body formulations using industrial solid waste such as mine tailings, fly ash, and waste glass as raw materials, realizing resource recycling. Paired with a new generation of low-temperature energy-saving frit materials, effectively reducing product firing temperatures and significantly lowering production energy consumption and carbon emissions.

Water-Based Digital Glazes & Green Digital Decoration Processes

Highlighting industry-upgraded eco-friendly water-based digital glazes and water-based inkjet inks as replacements for traditional solvent-based materials, offering low odor, low emissions, and enhanced safety and environmental protection. Combined with high-resolution wide-color-gamut digital printing equipment, digital dry grains, and digital glue systems, achieving high-end decorative effects including high-definition color reproduction, three-dimensional relief, soft-matte finishes, and mixed texture effects.

Green Environmental Protection Comprehensive Treatment Equipment

Targeting pain points in ceramic factory production, presenting integrated environmental protection comprehensive treatment equipment, including high-efficiency dust purification systems, ultra-low emission flue gas desulfurization and denitrification systems, industrial wastewater recycling systems, production noise reduction equipment, and other turnkey solutions.

Technical Forums

Over 20 technical sessions delivered by industry experts, researchers, and corporate executives, covering topics such as hydrogen combustion technology, digital surface design, Industry 4.0, energy efficiency, and market outlook.

Ceramic Smart Manufacturing Trends Forum
New Materials, New Technologies, New Equipment Exchange Meeting
Ceramic Raw Materials Salon
Tableware Technology Summit

Plan Your Visit

2027 Foshan Uniceramics Technology Expo will be held concurrently with the Foshan Uniceramics Products Expo on April 19–22, 2027. One badge grants you access to both exhibition areas. We recommend allowing at least two days for an in-depth visit and to participate in the forums.

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