THE 31ST EUROPEAN POLICY CERAMICS FORUM WAS HELD

• The European Policy Ceramics Forum (EPCF) was held at the European Parliament in Brussels on December 2nd, in the context of the 2025 European Ceramics Days. Mehmet Mercan, Secretary General of the Turkish Ceramics Federation, attended the 31st forum on behalf of the federation.

The European Ceramic Days is an annual event that brings together high-level representatives of the European ceramic industry with officials and policymakers from national and EU authorities. Every year welcomes high-level speakers and representatives from the European Commission, member states and members of the European Parliament, to discuss policy topics that directly impact the European ceramic industry. Mehmet Mercan, Secretary General of the Turkish Ceramics Federation, attended the 31st EPCF, held on December 2, 2025, representing the federation.

2025 Ceramic Days dedicated to “Ceramics: Building a Sustainable Europe and Greener World”. The 31st EPCF Plenary Meeting notably focused on competitiveness. The event started with the presentation by high-level executives of 2 case studies under the topic “Strengthening Europe through a competitive ceramic industry”. Case study 1 on Durable, circular and innovative ceramics for a sustainable Europe and low carbon future, and Case study 2 on Current challenges to the competitiveness of the EU ceramic industry.

It followed by a Panel debate with high-level representatives of the EU Institutions and experts on How to foster a stable business environment in the current regulatory and geopolitical context, more particularly in the context of a strategic but very heterogeneous sector such as ceramics, highly exposed to the growing cumulated impact of energy, carbon and regulatory costs, while being highly exposed to international trade and largely composed of local energy-intensive industries and SMEs or small mid-cap enterprises (SMCs).