KUALA LUMPUR: Niro Ceramic Group plans to list on the local stock exchange by 2023 in a bid to elevate its profile as a prominent ceramic tile player in Asean. "I would want to achieve this for the company and make Niro Ceramic Group a public company. I would like to see it within our three-year growth plan and for us to achieve a good result by the end of 2024,” he said. On the challenges within the tile industry, he opined that the pandemic is not the only attributable factor. Moving forward, he foresees Malaysia’s tile industry to expect some level of consolidation even as demand gradually returns.