The tile is a manufactured piece of hard wearing material such as ceramic, stone, metal, or even glass. Tiles are generally used for covering roofs, floors, walls, showers, or other objects such as tabletops. Alternatively, tile can sometimes refer to similar units made from lightweight materials used for wall and ceiling applications. Ceramic glazed tiles are made of porous body with a coating of white or colored glaze. These are used extensively in the Bathrooms, Kitchen in modern buildings and in Hospitals and Analytical Laboratories, Toiletries attached to Railway platforms. This is because of this products have properties like good resistance to weather and chemicals, having high strength hard, glossy surface with different colors and pleasing appearance. In the near future the chances for replacing these items by other materials look very bleak. These tiles are rather cheap, easy to clean have more life and are available in pleasing colours. India ranks among the world’s top five tile producing countries with a total annual production of around 450mn Sq. Mtr as on March 10. The ceramic tiles industry is large, rapid, growing and populated by organized and unorganized manufacturers. Over the last few years, industry prospects were subdued on account of an oversupply and increasing imports. The industry can be classified into three key segments, viz., wall tiles, floor tiles and segment on account of durability, utility, maintenance and better appearance with premium pricing and higher realisation. In the international markets these tiles are already major sellers. Ceramic tiles today have become an integral part of home improvement. It can make a huge difference to the way your interiors and outdoors look and express. There exists a very good opportunity and ample scope to venture into this field for new entrepreneurs. Few Indian Major Players are as under: Anant Raj Inds. Ltd. Asian Tiles Ltd. Bell Ceramics Ltd. Bell Granito Ceramica Ltd. Delta Tiles Ltd. Diamond Regina Ceramics Ltd. Elegant Marbles & Grani Inds. Ltd. Euro Ceramics Ltd. Excel Frits & Colours Ltd. Godavari Ceramics Ltd. Gujarat Goldcoin Ceramics Ltd. H & R Johnson (India) Ltd. Jalaram Ceramics Ltd. Jay Flash Ceramics Ltd. Lustre Tiles Ltd. Mandsaur Ferro Alloys Ltd. Montana International Ltd. Murudeshwar Ceramics Ltd. Nitco Ltd. Nortech India Ltd. Pearl Jet Microns Pvt. Ltd. Pedder & Pedder Tiles Ltd. Prism Cement Ltd. Regency Ceramics Ltd. Restile Ceramics Ltd. S T C L Ltd. Savana Ceramics Ltd. Silica Ceramica Pvt. Ltd. Stiles India Ltd. Sun Earth Ceramics Ltd. Taurus Novelties Ltd.