TecnAwards 2024: Tecna celebrates excellence in the global ceramic industry
In a press release from April, the TECNA organizers announced they will be hosting the TecnAwards in this year’s Tecna, due to be held in Rimini from 24 to 27 September. These awards are presented by Tecna exhibitors to honour outstanding investments in ceramic tile production lines with a focus on the period 2022-2024.
The award ceremony will be held in the afternoon of Wednesday 25 September in the Rimini Expo Centre. Four awards will be assigned through the direct and exclusive involvement of exhibitors, who will be able to nominate their customers for various categories and select the winners. The other category winners will be selected by the organisers of Tecna, the magazine Ceramic World Review and Italian design firms.
Specifically, the exhibitors will select the winners of the following award categories: “Best new plant”, which will go to the ceramic company that has built the best new production plant or modernised an existing installation; “Innovation and sustainability”, which will celebrate companies that have demonstrated a clear commitment to process digitalisation and efficient data management while reducing the environmental impact of their production processes (one company from each of the following six regions will be selected for both of these awards: Europe, North and Central America, South America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia); “Best brick manufacturer”, awarded to a brick and roof tile manufacturer that has excelled in recent years in terms of company growth and product and process innovation; and “Best sanitaryware producer”, presented to a sanitaryware manufacturer that has excelled in recent years in terms of company growth and product and process innovation.