Reflections on the future of the European Ceramics Industry

The European Union thorough the European Ceramic Industries association, CERAME-UNIE, elaborate since 2004 a sectorial diagnostic and the published draft (9-09-2006) was transcribed in the Boletin Sociedad Espanola Ceramica y Vidrio issue 1 of 2007. This draft is a preliminary document that consisted in an instrument to initiate the mandatory debate in order to confront the sector expectation in the conference of the Parliament an the European Union that will be held in 2008. On behalf of the importance of the Spain Ceramic industry with a turnover of 6.000 M Euro in the context of 27.000 MEuro of the total of the European Ceramic industries, and due to the relevance of such spanish turnover on the Gross Domestic Product, it must necessary to analyze their own future strategy.