Wall tiles which are used to cover building walls are made in various types - porcelain, semi-porcelain, fine earthenware, etc. Wall tiles are mostly made from quartz, feld-spar, kaolin, clay, etc. The tiles may broadly be classified into those for external and internal decoration. Porcelain tile is used for exterior and earthen tile for interior purposes. Unglazed tile is used for the coverage of floors and glazed tile is used for the purpose of decoration.
In the past wall tiles were used to cover the walls and floors of bath rooms, kitchens, etc. In recent years wall tiles have been used to cover the outside walls of multistory buildings. The interiors of hospitals, clinics, pharmaceutical buildings, food factories and the like are covered with wall tiles. A trip through the major streets of Addis Ababa reveals that the outside walls of many new high rising buildings are covered with tiles. This indicates that the demand for these building materials will increase and the building industry expands as it has been doing for the last 10 years. There is only one factory (located at Awasa) which produces wall tiles. But most of the wall tiles used by the building industry of the country are imported, and the import volume has been increasing at increasing rates.
The wall tiles consumption of the Amhara Region is meet by the supply of the products from Awasa (more than 850 km from Bahir Dar) or from imports. As the demand for the product will certainly increase in the future, the Amhara Region has to produce its requirement of wall tiles within the Region. Production of wall tiles in the Region could also be a source of supply for the Beni-Shangul Gumuz Region and for eastern Sudan. The demand for wall tiles of the Region and of adjacent areas will justify the establishment of a wall tiles producing plant.
In the past wall tiles were used to cover the walls and floors of bath rooms, kitchens, etc. In recent years wall tiles have been used to cover the outside walls of multistory buildings. The interiors of hospitals, clinics, pharmaceutical buildings, food factories and the like are covered with wall tiles. A trip through the major streets of Addis Ababa reveals that the outside walls of many new high rising buildings are covered with tiles. This indicates that the demand for these building materials will increase and the building industry expands as it has been doing for the last 10 years. There is only one factory (located at Awasa) which produces wall tiles. But most of the wall tiles used by the building industry of the country are imported, and the import volume has been increasing at increasing rates.
The wall tiles consumption of the Amhara Region is meet by the supply of the products from Awasa (more than 850 km from Bahir Dar) or from imports. As the demand for the product will certainly increase in the future, the Amhara Region has to produce its requirement of wall tiles within the Region. Production of wall tiles in the Region could also be a source of supply for the Beni-Shangul Gumuz Region and for eastern Sudan. The demand for wall tiles of the Region and of adjacent areas will justify the establishment of a wall tiles producing plant.
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