Tiles

Following the acquisition of Keraben in November 2017, on 6 August the British group Victoria PLC announced the purchase of Ceramica Saloni for 96.7 million euros.

The Iris Group company is adopting LB’s press charging device for its new range of unglazed porcelain tiles.

Several SBOX and TFLAT units have been adopted in the ceramic slab production factory started up at the end of 2017.

The Lasselsberger Group has signed an important agreement with System for the supply of advanced automation for the technological upgrading of the production plants in the Czech Republic and Hungary.

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 new materials are used for developing hyper-white bodies and translucent effects, particularly in the ceramic slab segment.

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 Italian ceramic tile industry closed fiscal 2017 with a turnover of 5.5 billion euros (+2.4%), of which 9.3% was invested in new technologies to enhance competitiveness. Read the interview to the newly-elected chairman of Confindustria Ceramica Giovanni Savorani.

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.

The 4th edition of the Acimac Research Department’s “Financial statement analysis of world ceramic tile manufacturers” analysing the data of 388 companies and comparing the results of Italian, Spanish, European and Asian companies is now available.