{
  "event": "Ceramics Expo",
  "year": 2027,
  "verified": "2026-09-14",
  "dates": {
    "label": "Full event",
    "value": "April 19–21, 2027"
  },
  "venue": "Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland",
  "city": "Cleveland",
  "official": "https://www.ceramicsexpousa.com/",
  "dateSource": "https://www.ceramicsexpousa.com/visit/",
  "photos": [
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      "alt": "Solar Diamond Tools exhibit with blue-and-white walls, sample plinths, cutting-tool diagrams, meeting chairs and two visitors talking.",
      "caption": "Solar Diamond Tools · precision tooling on display",
      "credit": "Purple Exhibits portfolio",
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      "project": "Solar Diamond Tools",
      "reuse": "First-party Purple Exhibits portfolio photograph selected for the user-authorized Purple company website. Public page has All rights reserved; no open licence is claimed.",
      "context": "Precision tooling reference adjacent to advanced-ceramics manufacturing; not proof of a Ceramics Expo installation.",
      "eventClaim": false
    },
    {
      "alt": "Visitors gathered around metrology equipment beneath cyberTECHNOLOGIES signs reading Advanced Metrology and Smart Automation.",
      "caption": "cyberTECHNOLOGIES · conversations around measurement systems",
      "credit": "Purple Exhibits portfolio",
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      "project": "cyberTECHNOLOGIES",
      "reuse": "First-party Purple Exhibits portfolio photograph selected for the user-authorized Purple company website. Public page has All rights reserved; no open licence is claimed.",
      "context": "Optical metrology and process-measurement reference; not cybersecurity.",
      "eventClaim": false
    },
    {
      "alt": "Three blue-and-white display plinths presenting precision tools beneath Solar Diamond Tools product diagrams.",
      "caption": "Solar Diamond Tools · samples matched to technical diagrams",
      "credit": "Purple Exhibits portfolio",
      "source": "https://purpleexhibits.com/our-work/#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTYyOTAsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9wdXJwbGVleGhpYml0cy5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzA5XC8xMjVfRTA1NTdfMTQuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMDA1NWJkMSJ9",
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      "siteSrc": "/shows/portfolio/ceramics-expo-ceramics-expo-gallery-1-220-1600.webp",
      "project": "Solar Diamond Tools",
      "reuse": "First-party Purple Exhibits portfolio photograph selected for the user-authorized Purple company website. Public page has All rights reserved; no open licence is claimed.",
      "context": "Describe the actual project or scene. This photo does not establish a build at the destination show.",
      "eventClaim": false
    },
    {
      "alt": "SMOXH cutting-tool exhibit detail with rows of metal tools on an illuminated green-and-white display plinth.",
      "caption": "SMOXH · cutting tools close to the aisle",
      "credit": "Purple Exhibits portfolio",
      "source": "https://purpleexhibits.com/our-work/#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTYzOTQsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9wdXJwbGVleGhpYml0cy5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzA5XC8yNTNfTjA0MzhfV2hhdHNBcHAtR29yc2VsLTIwMjQtMDQtMTctc2FhdC0xNy00OC01Mi04YjZjN2MyMS5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiIwMDU1YmQxIn0%3D",
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      "siteSrc": "/shows/portfolio/ceramics-expo-ceramics-expo-gallery-2-278-1200.webp",
      "project": "SMOXH",
      "reuse": "First-party Purple Exhibits portfolio photograph selected for the user-authorized Purple company website. Public page has All rights reserved; no open licence is claimed.",
      "context": "Describe the actual project or scene. This photo does not establish a build at the destination show.",
      "eventClaim": false
    },
    {
      "alt": "SMOXH exhibit with green-and-white walls, cutting-tool displays, a wall-mounted screen and a small meeting table.",
      "caption": "SMOXH · tooling, screen and meeting space",
      "credit": "Purple Exhibits portfolio",
      "source": "https://purpleexhibits.com/our-work/#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTYzOTUsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9wdXJwbGVleGhpYml0cy5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzA5XC8yNTRfTjA0MzlfV2hhdHNBcHAtR29yc2VsLTIwMjQtMDQtMTctc2FhdC0xNy00OC01Mi04MjBlMmFjZS5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiIwMDU1YmQxIn0%3D",
      "image": "https://purpleexhibits.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/254_N0439_WhatsApp-Gorsel-2024-04-17-saat-17-48-52-820e2ace.jpg",
      "siteSrc": "/shows/portfolio/ceramics-expo-ceramics-expo-gallery-3-279-1600.webp",
      "project": "SMOXH",
      "reuse": "First-party Purple Exhibits portfolio photograph selected for the user-authorized Purple company website. Public page has All rights reserved; no open licence is claimed.",
      "context": "Describe the actual project or scene. This photo does not establish a build at the destination show.",
      "eventClaim": false
    }
  ],
  "editorialNote": "Real Purple portfolio photographs identify the actual projects; no target-show installation is implied. Space Symposium also retains three separately credited public-domain event photographs.",
  "checked": "2026-09-14",
  "facts": {
    "organizer": "Informa Markets",
    "rows": [
      [
        "Venue & halls",
        "Hall A and B at Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland host April 20–21 exhibits; the exhibitor and VIP reception is April 19.",
        "https://www.ceramicsexpousa.com/",
        "confirmed"
      ],
      [
        "Move-in / move-out",
        "The exhibitor FAQ still shows May 3–7 dates from 2026 despite its 2027 header. April 2027 build and freight-pickup windows remain unverified.",
        "https://www.ceramicsexpousa.com/plan-your-visit/exhibitor-faqs",
        "pending"
      ],
      [
        "Height & hanging signs",
        "The reviewed FAQ directs builders to an EAC pack and exhibitor portal. A current 2027 height table and hanging-sign specification were not retrieved.",
        "https://www.ceramicsexpousa.com/plan-your-visit/exhibitor-faqs",
        "pending"
      ],
      [
        "Drayage & labor",
        "Freeman appears in the 2026 build schedule. Confirm the current Cleveland handling and EAC instructions instead of reusing the prior-edition timetable.",
        "https://www.ceramicsexpousa.com/plan-your-visit/exhibitor-faqs",
        "pending"
      ],
      [
        "Last edition · 2026",
        "The organizer reports 40% attendee growth and participants from 27 countries. Its directory describes 250+ exhibitors across Ceramics and Thermal Management together; a separate final attendance total is not stated.",
        "https://www.ceramicsexpousa.com/exhibit/",
        "partial"
      ],
      [
        "Shared floor in 2027",
        "Ceramics Expo remains co-located with Thermal Management Expo. Specific new 2027 program additions have not yet been confirmed.",
        "https://www.ceramicsexpousa.com/",
        "partial"
      ]
    ],
    "mistake": "A 2027 page heading can conceal a 2026 installation calendar. Check the actual month and year before routing fragile specimens to Cleveland.",
    "mistakeSource": "https://www.ceramicsexpousa.com/plan-your-visit/exhibitor-faqs"
  },
  "purpleProject": {
    "name": "LUZI",
    "url": "https://purpleexhibits.com/luzi/",
    "imageUrl": "https://purpleexhibits.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/image-16-1.webp",
    "alt": "LUZI fragrance exhibit with warm wood walls, circular suspended lights, a large branded screen and sample counters.",
    "caption": "LUZI fragrance exhibit by Purple Exhibits",
    "industry": "Fragrance compositions for fine fragrance, personal care and home products",
    "evidence": "The client-specific 'A Sensory Experience for LUZI' section says Purple Exhibits transformed LUZI's vision into an immersive fragrance environment. The Solutions section matches the chain curtain, warm wood and floating light rings.",
    "width": 641,
    "height": 691,
    "src": "/shows/proof/ceramics-expo.webp",
    "text": "LUZI’s fragrance environment presents formulations through sampling and conversation. The public Purple cases reviewed do not establish advanced-ceramics work; the connection is specimen presentation, not ceramic engineering expertise.",
    "variants": [
      {
        "src": "/shows/proof/ceramics-expo-480.webp",
        "width": 480
      },
      {
        "src": "/shows/proof/ceramics-expo-641.webp",
        "width": 641
      }
    ]
  },
  "reviewNote": "Uncleared third-party photographs replaced with the user-authorized company portfolio assets. Captions and alternative text updated for the actual replacement images.",
  "eventDates": {
    "convention": "Full event",
    "startDate": "2027-04-19",
    "endDate": "2027-04-21",
    "display": "April 19–21, 2027",
    "source": "https://www.ceramicsexpousa.com/",
    "explanation": "Full event: April 19–21, 2027. Exhibitor/VIP reception April 19; exhibits and conference April 20–21."
  }
}