Yazd province ceramic tile industry

Iran is one of the developed countries in the field of ceramic tile production. Due to the high population of Iran, the consumption of ceramic tiles in Iran is the eighth in the world and the export of its production reaches the seventh in the world. With these statements, Iran’s share of the global ceramic tile market is about four percent.

One of the most important reasons for the development of this industry in our country

•  Existence of cheap and abundant mineral resources
•  Low labor wages
• Cheap energy sources
• Appropriate profit margin

It is worth mentioning that currently in Yazd province alone, over three hundred thousand people are directly and indirectly employed in this industry, and this in turn has caused Iran to rank in the production of ceramic tiles.

History of industry and industrial clusters in Yazd province

Yazd’s name has been long associated with industry, productivity, and industrial activities and artisans of the province have had a distinguished and considerable role in providing the goods required throughout the country since many years ago. Hard work, compassion, contentment and saving have been associated with the essence of the people of this desert province and underlies their elevated culture in terms of work and production and this has provided the good cultural groundwork along with other relative advantages such as competent and experienced managers and employers, optimal growth of higher education, richness of the mines, being located in the center of the country and infrastructural facilities and appropriate services regarding ways, railways, airports, energy, telecommunications, etc. have provided suitable setting to develop industry in the province. Yazd province has an exclusive place in Iran’s industry and a significant part of the country’s industrial products; especially in the textile and non-metallic minerals sector, is produced in Yazd Province.

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Read the article “Tile Market & Industry In Iran“, for more information

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The History of Earthenware and Tile in Yazd Province

The History of Earthenware:

Pottery is a several thousand-year-old art in Yazd province. The art of pottery in Yazd, especially in Meybod city, is presented by special designs that are inspired by the desert climate. Earthenware and ceramic manufactured in Meybod city are famously known for its genuine imprints depicting sun, poultry and fish: sun is the symbol of the shining desert sun, poultry is the symbol of desert birds, and fish ironically refers to the water shortage in this land. Ceramic manufactured in Meybod city, on which sun, poultry and fish are imprinted, won the golden medal in Munich 1971 International Exhibition.

The History of Tile:

The most eminent tiling left from the ancient Yazd dates to the Timurids reign, from fourteenth to sixteenth centuries. In 1970s, the manufacture of tile was for the first time industrialized in Yazd, but up until 1978 tile and ceramic were entirely manufactured by traditional techniques. The first tile manufacturing industry in Yazd province to produce once-fired small-sized red tiles was started in 1978. From 1990 to 1999, with the birth of the new construction and reconstruction age in Iran, several other manufacturing companies emerged in Yazd province. Since 2000 this industry has been significantly developing in this province. Today, 160 billion square meters of tile, i.e. about 50% of the total tile production in Iran, are manufactured by the industries in Yazd province.

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Read the article “Global Ceramic Tiles Market and Industry statistics“, for more information

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Categories of Cluster Products

The cluster tile and ceramic products manufactured in Yazd province can be classified into the following categories: – Glazed flooring tile – Glazed wall tile – Granite and porcelain tile – Third-fired tile, including different types of flooring and wall bonds and single-flowered tiles – Miniature tile. Among the above mentioned products, glazed flooring and wall tiles along with granite and porcelain tile are considered as the main products manufactured by this cluster, while the other products form an insignificant part of this cluster products. In sum, cluster products include: 65% flooring tiles, 25% wall tiles, and about 10% granite and porcelain tiles.

considering the potential and advantages of Iran, especially Yazd province, it is necessary to make macro-level decisions to eliminate obstacles and problems in the export of ceramic tile products and the necessary infrastructure to export this product to maintain and develop this Created the industry.

According to the Trade Development Organization of Iran, 30% of the economy of Yazd province is strongly dependent on the domestic and export sales of ceramic tile industries in Yazd province, which means that:

– Its consumer interest is in ceramic tile products.

-The export process in the direction of consumers’ tastes and opinions in design and color.

-Differences in the tastes of neighboring countries north, south, east, and west of Iran

-Export culture and awareness of international export laws

-Covering and meeting the needs of export markets and preventing the entry of competitors

And this means the high value of metadata in the ceramic tile industry in the Iranian export market.

References:

https://echtile.com/en/iran-ranks-fifth-in-the-world-in-the-production-of-ceramic-tiles/