Investment in Ahmedabad as a City for Business has continued apace over the past couple of years. The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport has recently put a new Domestic Arrivals Terminal into operation and work is now underway on the new International Terminal Building Complex which is set to open in the first quarter of 2009. Via this, 10 other airports and numerous ports, Gujarat is well connected to major cities in the USA, EU, Asia and other Indian metropolitan cities.

The home of Indian Ceramics 2009 is also of course home to CGCRI Naroda Centre, the highly respected research body for national ceramic activities and lead organisation in the running of the Gujarat Ceramic Cluster since 2000. Since initiation with 500 units in the organised sector, ceramic production in Gujarat has witnessed really strong progress in areas like improvement in productivity and quality, reduction of waste at different stages of production, cost cutting in production and improvement in export potential.

With ease of access to the exhibition, Indian Ceramics 2009 now links equally to the non-organised sector. This is not only a highly desirable goal in its own right, but also a fantastic opportunity for materials, machinery and know-how suppliers. The Gujarati non-organised ceramic sector is comprised almost entirely of SMEs and manufactures a staggering 37% of India’s total ceramic output.