The 2024 TBE Congress, took place in Thessaloniki, Greece, on 6-7 June 2024, and was kindly hosted by SEVK - The Greek Association of Heavy Clay Industries.
TBE members, executives from the tiles and bricks industry, and national associations from all over Europe, gathered in person to discuss important information and key updates pertaining to the tiles and bricks industry at European level.
The Congress opened on Thursday 6 June with the TBE Joint Working Groups Meeting: Product Group Roofing Tiles, Product Group Masonry and Technical & Environmental WG. In the afternoon, TBE members had the opportunity to choose between following the 2024 Annual Brick & Roof Tiles Conference “Greek Heavy Clay Industry: Cutting edge vision for ceramic building materials” and enjoying the cultural programme kindly organised by SEVK, with a guided visit to the Roman-Byzantine historic centre of Thessaloniki.
Afterwards, the TBE Executive Committee was held to discuss administrative matters, priorities and challenges in the upcoming period and mid- and long-term topics. The day ended with a gala dinner in the evening in a splendid location.
The second and final day of the Congress, kicked-off with the with a presentation from the sponsors of the event: SABO and CEE and the TBE General Assembly. During the General Assembly, discussions surrounded the successes of the past year and the priorities and challenges of specific dossiers in the upcoming period. These included climate and energy dossiers, namely the Emission Trading Scheme (ETS), and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) as well as construction and sustainability issues such as Construction Products Regulation (CPR) review or environmental topics, as Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) and BREF.
Next year, the TBE Congress will take place in Budapest, Hungary, on 5-6 June 2025.
