Revenues in the second quarter of 2021 totalled 417 million euros, 11.5% higher than in the first quarter of the year. The excessive increase in costs is a cause for concern.
Chairman Joaquín Font de Mora believes that the competitiveness of the Spanish ceramic glaze and colour industry may be impacted by rising costs. Progress on projects aimed at decarbonising the sector
Two years after the acquisition of the Indian site in Morbi, Sicer has strengthened its position in Spain with the acquisition of the Cerfrit production facility.
The Spanish group is transferring its ceramic expertise to the building materials sector. It has already launched major projects involving the digital decoration of concrete and fibre cement.
Esmalglass-Itaca-Fritta and Ferro’s Tile Coatings Business have merged to form a group with 32 production plants in 19 countries and combined revenues of 800 million euros
Led by the fourth generation of the Bitossi family, Gruppo Colorobbia is celebrating a century of innovation at the service of the global ceramic industry
Turnover totalled €1,256 million (down 5.3% on 2019), of which 70.5% was generated by exports (-5.9%). The Spanish market recovered more quickly, closing 2020 at -3.7%.
Founded in 1970, Smalticeram is now one of the most important Italian ceramic glaze and colour producers with branches in Spain, USA, Brazil, India and Indonesia.
The Demos 1 Fund, managed by Azimut Libera Impresa SGR, is investing in Sicer. The company will continue to be managed by the current partners Gianfranco Padovani and Giuliano Ferrari.
The industry has finally seen a return to positive territory in Q3 2020 with turnover up 0.6% on the same period in 2019. In September sales saw strong 8.8% growth.
Following extensive R&D work carried out in recent months, the Spanish ceramic glaze and colour producer Fritta is presenting the new Madeja collection.
In September, the Italian glaze and colour producer opened an elegant and spacious showroom at its Indonesian site and launched a virtual 3D Gallery of its Ubersetto showroom
The first water-based digital glue produced by Smaltochimica has been used in industrial production since March with excellent results in terms of reduction of emission parameters.
Sicer has installed new state-of-the-art laboratory instruments including simultaneous thermal and spectroscopic analysis equipment for the characterisation of semi-finished products
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