Tiles

Buoyed by the good performance of the hard surfaces market, Dal-Tile continues to drive Group sales

The 20,000 square metre site will include a historical and cultural centre

The agreement covers technology exchange and marketing of high-quality bentonite clays

The German company will become the centre of competence for presses, kilns and complete plants for the refractory industry

Italian Group to supply a new single firing line with daily production of 12,000 sq.m

The new company will produce innovative installation products for the Middle East and Africa

Production capacity will exceed 10 million square metres of tiles per year. First showroom opened in Moscow

The good result follows the acquisition of Pastorelli and the securing of a major contract.

The Decora, Decodry and Rul/Random model have a printing precision that is unmatched on the market

Capable of producing unique tiles in terms of aesthetic qualities and body colour

Mini exhibit to be distributed to ceramic tile and sanitaryware dealers

Domestic production rises to 62 million square metres, ceramic tile demand reaches 43 millions square metres

Rankings of top 10 Spanish manufacturers in terms of turnover, exports and production

The Group continues to diversify in the plastics and food machinery sectors

The information will be updated at two-weekly intervals

30/06/03 -Ceramica Florentina (Cartago, Costa Rica) recently commissioned Inteco Ceramics Supplies of Modena to supply a complete turnkey plant for the production of 2.6 million square metres/year of single fired ceramic tiles. The plant, currently at the assembly stage, is the first to be built in Costa Rica. It is entirely automated and includes a series of technical solutions devised to…

30/06/03 - The order received by Garoll for the supply of technology to Chini Cord, a major Iranian ceramic sanitaryware manufacturer, has now entered the implementation stage. The initial objective is to increase production capacity at the Kermanshah plant by 855,000 piece/year in stock. However, this is just the first stage in a project that has even more ambitious objectives.

30/06/03 -A new plant belonging to the Turkish Group Vitra Eczacibasi is scheduled to begin production at the end of the year in Wicklow (Ireland). The new plant joins the existing one located just 20 km away and will expand the production of wall tiles and trim pieces, marketed mainly in the UK. Vitra Eczacibasi is the second-largest tile producer in Turkey and the leading sanitaryware…

Indicators published for listed companies and building sector updated as of 17 June