Tiles

The facility will produce high-quality glazed and through-bodied porcelain tile exclusively for the American market

Exports rise steadily

Production down 2.3%, sales down 0.73%, turnover up 3%

Installed capacity estimated to have reached 120 million sq.m

Value of production up by 3.6%, almost all the Group’s brands performing strongly

Turnover remains level with first quarter of 2004

Turnover tops 76 million euro

Barbieri & Tarozzi Group technology chosen

The Toano factory receives important environmental recognition

Coverings confirms the popularity of Italian tile in the United States

The Rubiera-based ceramic group becomes majority shareholder of Spray Dry

The United States is confirmed as an important market for world tile producers

The company has completed the restructuring programme and achieved management results that testify to a concrete recovery

The kiln will be able to fire 3,000 pieces/day

Minozzi grants part of his shareholding to the company’s chairman

Production has begun at the Turkish tile company’s new Irish factory

Production may reach 2 million sq.m/year in 2005

Production reaches 157 million sq.m in 2004

The Spanish group closed fiscal 2004 with a turnover of 810.58 million euro

Created for top-of-the-range products with high aesthetic and technological content