On April 18, the 36th Foshan Ceramics Expo opened grandly. The total exhibition area was more than 500,000 square meters, and more than 800 exhibitors competed on the same stage. The exhibits were comprehensive, covering architectural ceramic wall and floor tiles, rock slabs, stone, Ceramic machinery raw materials, mosaics, sanitary ware, leisure sanitary ware, hardware water fittings, home furnishings and other categories.
Let’s take a look at the scene first:
In terms of products, the "craziness" of rock slabs has reached a new high and has become the "standard product" of every ceramics company. Rock slabs of various processes, specifications, thicknesses and new applications are available; at the same time, following the "black, white and gray" "After the modern style of ", the color matching application gradually "picked up" and became more abundant and diverse; in addition, Fujian ceramic companies' participation in the exhibition has been unprecedentedly popular, and a large number of Fujian ceramic companies have appeared with differentiated new products such as floor paving stones and wood grain tiles...
China Ceramic City:
Rock slabs are "hot",
Tile color reaches "new heights"
In the temporary exhibition area of China Ceramics City, Guangdong enterprises such as Dongpeng, Dajiulu, Filona, 90+, Sese, as well as Jiabite, Lion King, Mingsheng, Danhao, Torch, Fuma, New Oriental, Companies from production areas in Shandong, Hebei and Fujian such as Shochuang Huali, as well as brands dealing in imported ceramic tiles such as HBI, SKI and Lamborghini participated in the exhibition.
Stone slabs are still one of the protagonists of the China Ceramics City exhibition area. In the China Ceramics City exhibition area, brands such as Dongpeng, HBI, SKI, Wujie, New Stone Generation, Sese, and Xiran all exhibited slate products.
Dongpeng exhibited 800×2600mm rock slabs, which are eye-catching with blue tones and emphasize the infinite horizontal lines.
HBIWith the theme of "Rhythm of Spring", it displays its soft-light rock slabs in various specifications such as 1200×2780mm, 1200×2600mm, 1000×3000mm, etc., emphasizing texture and nature. The circular reception desk processed by the rock slabs is also quite impressive. Bright.
SKI exhibited artistic handmade rock slabs with a size of 1200×2400mm, with a price tag of an astonishing 190,000 yuan per piece.
无ound exhibits the latest product of candy glazed rock slabs.
Color Ceramics exhibited solid color slate slabs with a size of 1000×3000mm, in line with its consistent color proposition.
XiranStone slab products are sold in multiple specifications, thicknesses and unique textures.
Compared with rock slabs, in the temporary exhibition area of China Ceramic City, there are more colorful and artistic specialty products. The organizers specially opened up two areas, the "Hotel Engineering Material Selection Center" and the "New Life Art Festival", to display unique and colorful art bricks.
HBIDisplays the two newly represented Spanish brands GRESPANIA and WOW, focusing onFeatured wall decorative tiles, the minimum size is 8×8mm.
Shandong Lion focuses on craftsmanship (dry particle throwing, mold), texture, and color.
SKIThe products on display highlight craftsmanship.
In the "Hotel Engineering Material Selection Center", Caihua Ceramics, Firefox Art Bricks, and Dongxing Art Bricks exhibited special small bricks.
At the booth with the theme of "New Life Art Festival",Guiyi Terrazzo, Muci, 1920, Dongpeng Artists, Jinyitao, Junanbo and other brands jointly dedicated A feast of art.
In addition, companies such as Medici, Sese Ceramics, Huacheng Art Ceramics, and Qizhuangyicai Ceramics exhibited products with multiple colors.
China Ceramics Headquarters | Slate Home Furnishing Store:
Domestic and imported rock slabs compete for beauty
The application of deep processing of rock slabs is very eye-catching
The "Stone Slab Home Pavilion" of China Ceramics Headquarters has gathered 17 slate and related exhibitors. It not only displays single pieces of slate products, but also displays the upper and lower floors of slate with cabinets, wardrobes, island tables and other cross-sections. world application.
"Ceramic Information" visited the exhibition and found that the "Stone Slab Home Furnishing Pavilion" also had many imported brands participating in the exhibition, including RAK slate, Spanish CK tiles, Italian EK slate and Yifan imported slate.
Among them, imported slate brands such as RAK slate, Spanish CK tiles, and Italian EK slate focus on displaying large-size slates. Most of their products are imitation stone, while Yifan's imported slates focus on "plain" 3mm Thick rock slabs and "plain" rock slabs such as princess pink, coral orange, and rust brown are eye-catching.
RAKThe person in charge of the booth told "Ceramic Information" that RAK entered China in 2020, focusing on China's mid-to-high-end slate market. This is its first time to participate in the exhibition. At the booth, most of the displays were single-chip products, and there was only one background wall application display.
Yifan Slate Home Furnishing The 1000×3000×3mm plain slate products will be displayed at the exhibition site. The application of plain slate decorative panels such as princess pink, coral orange, and rust brown is very visual. Impact.
At the same time, domestic rock slabs such as Mona Lisa Melchi Slate, New Yansu, and Tuobo illustrate more possible applications of rock slabs, especially the "whole rock space" of Mona Lisa Melchi Slate. Impressive.
Mona Lisa Melchi Stone Slab interpreted the "whole rock space" in multiple dimensions at the booth, with different specifications of rock slabs having different applications: 810×1410×5.5mm, 750×1500 ×10.5mm is used for floor decoration, 810×2010×5.5mm is used for wall decoration, and there are also 1200×2400×5.5mm striped background wall decoration, etc.
New Rock Elements Focusing on the concept of "creating a new aesthetic of rock slab high-end customization", it has done a lot of rock slab application demonstrations at the booth, including background walls, island tables, bathroom cabinets and other cross-border applications. Application, among which the bathroom space matched with gray-toned terrazzo slate is very small and fresh.
In addition, there are also some rock slab supporting companies participating in the "Stone Slab Home Furnishing Pavilion" to demonstrate more the possibilities of cross-border application and deep processing technology of rock slabs, among which Baiwang Mingjia, MSA, etc. are the representatives.
Hundred Kings Master specializes in the deep processing of slate cabinet doors. At the exhibition, they demonstrated the slate cabinet door hemming technology, handle styles, etc.
MSAThe booth focused on displaying finished slate cabinet doors. It is reported that they use slate imported from Spain as the material, and then process it into finished cabinet doors for sale.
Dumiaowu Background Wall Several series of rock slab background walls were highlighted. According to reports, they mainly use rock slab base blanks, which have been specially glazed and fired at 1200° twice at high temperature. Polished. Or, on the basis of the flat surface of the rock slab, adding techniques such as wire mesh, and firing at 1200° high temperature three times. The overall background wall effect is more three-dimensional and more aesthetic.
Hengyou SlateThis Ceramics Expo mainly exhibits slate products in two specifications: 900×1800×9mm and 900×2000×9mm, as well as some slate dining tables, TV cabinets, etc. Slate Home Finished Products.
According to the sales staff at the exhibition, one of the highlights of the Hengyou Slate Exhibition is the richness of product colors. In addition to ordinary marble patterns, there are also colorful "luxury stone series".
Dongqiansheng Graphene Slate is a Guangdong company that specializes in the application of graphene heating slate. Most of the items on display are 9mm and 12mm thick graphene heating slate dining tables. Set up a small hot pot to visually demonstrate the heating function of the graphene slate dining table.
It is understood that Dongqiansheng Graphene Slate has five years of experience in the application research and development of graphene slate. It cooperates with other slate manufacturers in Guangdong and continues to deeply explore the application channels of graphene slate products through its own design. .
Tuobo Ceramics has its production bases in Enping and Zhanjiang. It specializes in full-body ceramic tiles and slate products with matte, soft-gloss, satin, geode and a small number of bright surfaces, mainly in black and white. Gray is the main color, and the displayed rock slab products are 3mm composite rock slabs.
Tuobo Ceramics has its own processing center. By compounding a layer of ultra-thin stainless steel on 3mm rock slabs, the product has stronger hardness and better toughness. It is said to be "indestructible by hammering" and can be used as cabinet doors, wardrobe doors, etc. , the Tuobo Ceramics booth was crowded with people, all attracted by the ultra-thin slate cabinet doors that were “indestructible by hammering”.
Doctor Thin Porcelain Mainly exhibits 1200×2700×6mm and 900×1800×5.5mm slate products. The textures include solid color 900×1800×5.5mm and marble pattern 1200×2700× 6mm, used for furniture products.
Zheyan BrandEstablished in 2020, it is a home decoration slate enterprise in Zhejiang Province. It is a slate brand under Gengen Ceramics Enterprise. This is the first time to participate in the Ceramics Expo. This exhibition mainly displays products with specifications of 600×1200mm, 750×1500mm, and 900×1800mm, which are specially designed to meet the needs of regular home decoration. In addition, products with specifications of 800×2000mm are produced, and are made into bathroom products, stairs and other supporting products through cutting and lamination.
Huaxia Ceramics City Exhibition Hall:
800×2600mm, striped slate is very popular
There are more than 200 exhibitors in the Huaxia Ceramics City Exhibition Hall, mainly displaying marble tiles, antique tiles, mosaics, slate slabs, graphene heating slate slabs, background walls, mosaics, doors and windows, foam ceramics, caulking agents, building materials software supporting products, etc. . Large slabs and rock slabs are still the main products. QD, Dajiulu, Xinghui, Jinyu Mingjia, White Rabbit, Sendi, Gaojie and other ceramic companies all exhibited large slabs and rock slab products.
Different from previous years when a large number of slate home applications such as cabinets and dining tables were displayed, this year's exhibitors rarely displayed slate dining tables and slate cabinets, and more of them displayed decorative applications of slate slabs on walls and floors. For example, many Ceramics companies have launched 800×2600mm and 1200×2400mm continuous slate slabs.
Big Horn Deer Super Wear-Resistant Marble Tiles On display at the booth were large slabs with closely spaced joints, with gaps less than 0.5m as thin as a piece of paper. At the same time, the second-generation micro-carving super wear-resistant diamond glaze of Big Horn Deer also made a wonderful appearance. The number of micro-carvings per square meter is precisely controlled at 50,000-75,000, the wear resistance is greater than 6,000 revolutions, and the anti-slip reaches A level.
QD Ceramics The booth has the theme of "Back Wave·Dare to Think and Dare to Do" and boldly uses elements such as colors, arcs, waves, etc. to present a personalized, fashionable and trendy home scene. For the first time, QD brought 900×2700mm rock slabs to the Ceramics Expo. In addition, it also exhibited core products such as large slabs and continuous marble.
FilonaThe exhibition mainly promotes the U series of colored cement series products. As a professional brand, Filona focuses on the vertical deepening and upgrading of products. This time, Italian Carobia glaze was used for product upgrades. In addition, standing out from many booths that simply display products, Ferona invested heavily in the creation of this booth and added soft accessories to better demonstrate the application of ceramic tiles in the overall home field and create an immersive home space for visitors. Experience, including living room, bathroom, etc., from product to space experience, is the biggest highlight of Filona's exhibition.
Golden Jade Famous Stone Slabs A large number of continuous slates were displayed at the booth, focusing on 800×2600mm gilt slates and 1200×2700mm timeless slates. The continuous lines are unbounded and reach the top.
Gaojie Large Rock Slab exhibited new products in the "Xingyao Magic Rock" and "Original Stone Zhenyan" series, covering a variety of thicknesses such as 3/6/9/12/15mm. According to reports, the Star Magic Rock series adopts Star Bright Light Technology and mica optical technology, making the product more transparent and more three-dimensional.
Senti SlateThe second generation ultra-realistic marble slate is on display. According to reports, its ultra-realistic rock slabs come in more than a hundred colors, including marble, jade, luxury stone, etc.
Balenciaga Ceramics launched the MIX super-sensitive ceramic tile series, which uses polymer frit, digital gold-plating, deep carving, metal dry particles, glittering ice crystal dry particles, crystal particles and other processes. Gives tiles texture beauty.
Mango Tiles Mainly exhibits antique tiles with craft surfaces, which create a new texture through five natural surface techniques, including deep carving, positioning of dry particles, pearlescent color,The composite application of star matte surface, diamond matte surface and other processes creates the ultimate natural surface texture.
Xinghui International exhibited the new X-FACE series, which uses N types of stone texture superimposition such as "metal × concrete", "metal × clear cement", "clear cement × cloth texture", etc. Covering four major specifications: 1200×2400mm, 800×2600mm, 750×1500mm, and 600×1200mm, it can be combined in any combination on the wall or on the floor.
Fujian Ceramic Enterprises “Group Army”
Focus on attacking with wood grain tiles and floor stones
The temporary exhibition area of China Ceramics City and Huaxia Ceramics City brought together many Fujian enterprises to participate in the exhibition, such as Mingsheng, Fuma, Huali, Danhao, Jianxin, Guoxing, Longda and other ceramic enterprises bringing floor paving stones/thick bricks, straight edge wood A large number of Fujian specialty products such as pattern and antique bricks appeared at this Ceramics Expo.
Jianxin Ceramics focuses on 10mm thick antique brick series products. The booth mainly displays plain bricks, abrasive bricks and carpet tiles, with specifications covering 400×400mm, 600×600mm, and 600×1200mm. Among them, the starlight glaze product is launched, coupled with the superposition of fine carving technology, making its visual effect richer.
Guoxing Ceramics In addition to displaying garden hexagonal bricks, curtain wall quartz bricks, landscape PC bricks, porcelain wood strips and other 18-20mm thick brick series products, this year also added rock slabs Series products, specifications are 600×1200mm, thickness 20mm, mainly used in home countertops and other fields.
Longda Ceramics displays floor paving stones with various thicknesses, specifications and types, including three-dimensional flower tiles, waveguide lines, conventional square tiles, etc. The specifications are 300×300mm, 300×600mm, 600× 600mm, 600×900mm, thickness 10mm~18mm, mainly used in private courtyards, balconies, squares, municipal engineering and other fields.
Fujian companies such as Mingsheng, Fuma and Huali displayed a large number of straight-edge wood grain tiles.
Danhao, Fuma and other companies have launched larger-sized wood grain brick products.
The innovation of floor paving stones/thick bricks/thick slabs is reflected in larger specifications and thicknesses, and the product performance effects are richer.
"Abo Talks about Bricks" also took up a booth. This is the first time that a new online marketing model has participated in an offline ceramic expo.
(The article is reproduced from Ceramic Information)
