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Article: Cersaie 2005 offers preview of tile's 'hi-tech' future.(News)
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- National Floor Trends
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- November 1, 2005
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Cersaie, the largest international show for ceramic tile, this year continued its well-earned reputation as the premier showcase for design trends shaping the industry. While it was clear from the recently concluded show that the core business remains in a growth mode, the 88,500 on hand for the recent five-day meeting in Bologna, Italy, also saw that manufacturers are increasingly relying on technology to enhance design.
Discussions and presentations included such subjects as climate-controlled tile, moving tiles that create flexible structures, shadow tiles that modify light dynamics, and even tiles that store light in photovoltaic cells during the day and ...