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Panaria Group has signed up for the Gmm Solution project involving the supply of spare parts for all plants present in all Panaria factories worldwide.

Ten months after the start-up of the new production plant in Onda equipped with Continua+ technology from Sacmi, Living Ceramics is already planning an expansion.

The plant commissioned from Manfredini & Schianchi is used for the production of single-fired tiles in sizes up to 60x120 cm.

The Taiwanese ceramic group has started up two latest-generation Durst printers to improve the quality of its tile collections.

The tenth edition of the Florim Sustainability Report describes the group’s economic, social and environmental results, with a focus on the latest investments and new projects to be completed in 2018.

Rocersa has ordered a new Easy Color Boost dry colouring system.

The MDS-E3.0 energy-saving combustion plant has been adopted by Yurtbay Seramik on its roller kilns.

The Egyptian group Aracemco has increased the production capacity of its raw materials preparation department with the installation of a Molomax 6/230 pendular mill from Manfredini & Schianchi.

Ceramica Almeida in Brazil and Ceramica Ural in Russia have begun porcelain tile production using SITI BT technology.

System digital printers and automation have been installed at the MCM Group’s new facility which began operation in Izmir in April.

ABK Group has announced a business combination with SPAC CFP 2 with a view to listing on the AIM market of Borsa Italiana.

New Easy Color System solutions supplied to Simpolo group and Lanka Tiles (Rocell Group).

A dry preparation plant with Fusion granulation technology for porcelain tile production has been installed at Blizzard Vitrified in Morbi.

As part of its focus on China, Laminam has signed a new joint venture agreement with Fhr Resources and won major orders in Beijing.

A Divario device for feeding a Sacmi PH 6500 press was installed in the Ilhavo facility in June.

Total net sales grew by 5.9% to $9.5 billion. Sales of the Global Ceramics Division grew to $3.405 billion in 2017 (+7%), equivalent to 36% of the group’s net sales.

Scientifica Tiles LLP is the first Indian tile manufacturer to adopt the new Xaar 2001+ printheads.

The new plants for the Ceramica San Lorenzo factories in Peru and Argentina will begin operation by the end of 2018.

The innovative layout installed in three factories includes the Multigecko, Multipack and Griffon systems. A Creadigit XLE digital printing system has also been started up.

The Tunisian company Carthago Ceramic is set to build four new factories for the production of tiles, bricks, sanitaryware and adhesives.