CERAMITEC takes place at the Munich Trade Fair Centre every three years. Since its première in 1979 CERAMITEC has developed into the world’s leading trade show for the ceramic industry. It is the largest international trade fair for machinery, equipment, plants, processes, and raw materials for ceramics and powder metallurgy. The range of products and services reflects the multitude of applications.
In 2012 the event attracted 613 exhibitors from 42 countries and 16,733 trade visitors from 102 countries, reflecting a rise of 14.6% from the previous show. The top ten countries of origin for those visitors, excluding Germany, are (in this order): Italy, Austria, Czech Republic, France, United Kingdom, Poland, Russia, Turkey, Switzerland and Brazil.
The product groups exhibited at CERAMITEC are:
- Raw materials and additives
- Production materials and ancillaries
- Storage
- Conveying
- Feeding, batching
- Weighing
- Crushing, grinding, milling
- Grading, screening, separation
- Mixing, blending
- Moulding, shaping
- Glazing, decorating, surface treatment
- Heat treatment
- Measurement and control
- Analysis and laboratory equipment
- Plant construction, engineering
- Dust extraction, filtering
- Handling, packaging, automation
- Tools, spares, replacement parts
- Protection of the environment
- Technical ceramics, advanced ceramics, components/services
- Research and training, technology transfer
- Trade and specialist literature, associations and organisations
