At BolognaFiere from 26 to 30 September, the 39th edition of Cersaie responded to the best expectations of companies that believed in the possibility of investing to meet their customers again, presenting the most recent product innovations. The 15 pavilions of the 39th edition of the international exhibition of ceramics for architecture and bathroom furnishings, equal to 140,000 square meters of total area, are occupied. Here were the stands of 624 companies: 354 from the ceramic tile sector, 88 from bathroom furnishings, 183 from the sectors of installation, raw materials, new surfaces, service activities.
An exhibition with a strong international connotation, confirmed by the 237 foreign exhibitors – equal to 38% of the total – and by the 26 countries represented.
In the five days of the 39th edition of Cersaie, more than 91 thousand visitors were registered, + 50% compared to 2021, an edition that had marked one of the first returns of a fair in the difficult post-pandemic period.
Therefore, the levels of 2019 are approaching, when 112,340 entries were reached. Attendance from abroad in this edition amounted to 44,215 (48.4% of the total), while Italian visitors were 47,081. Journalists registered a total of 458 admissions, of which 226 from abroad.
The global importance of the event has been confirmed
Giovanni Savorani, president of Confindustria Ceramica: “I am convinced that the investments made by the 624 exhibitors of the 39th edition of Cersaie https://www.cersaie.it/it/index.php have had the best possible return from a fair that confirmed the its national and international importance among distributors, architects, installers, real estate operators. Ceramic continues to increase its share on international markets thanks to the intrinsic characteristics of the product, such as healthiness, hygiene and durability. The commitment to the sustainability of Italian ceramics was the leitmotif of the entire event and was also concretely reflected in the meeting, held at the fair, with regional and territorial institutions to monitor the progress and results of the voluntary agreement on the containment of emissions from the district The energy transition that we have initiated must not be thwarted by the dramatic consequences ze of the crisis on the energy markets, which requires urgent action at European and national level, as we were able to represent to the various politicians and institutions who came to visit us at the fair “.
39th edition of Cersaie: see you in September 2023
Emilio Mussini, Vice President of Confindustria Ceramica at the helm of Promotional Activities and Fairs: “There were over 2,000 participants in the four meetings of the program dedicated to ‘building, living, thinking’, twenty-three cafés of the press held in live streaming and in presence. Finally, we recorded a continuous flow of visits to the Città della Posa. Over 200 operators from Europe, North America and the Gulf area made up the Cersaie Business delegation, made possible thanks to the collaboration with MAECI and ICE “.
The next edition of the event will be held in Bologna from 25 to 29 September 2023.