Second-largest group from Italy

Registrations for Cevisama, the Spanish tile and ceramic trade fair to be held in Valencia from 4 to 8 March, had reached a total of 938 exhibitors by December 2002, with 291 of them coming from abroad. Italian companies at 13 per cent have the largest group after the firms participating from Spain. Three per cent of exhibitors will come from Portugal, and two per cent each from Turkey, China and France. The suppliers of ceramic tiles will be providing the biggest block amounting to 42 per cent, followed by the sanitary ware segment at 18 per cent.