India

The Italian group recently set up new branches in Russia and India alongside those already operating in Brazil, USA, Spain, Portugal, Turkey and Poland.

More than 600 Indian professionals attended the EFI roadshow in December.

In addition to the existing range of inks and digital materials, the new company Sicer – Inkera will soon begin producing glazes and ceramic compounds along with technical grits and specialties for glazing high-end ceramic surfaces.

TechTower and Easy Color System have been installed at the Indian manufacturers’ facility.

The Indian Company launched at Cersaie its new iMarble 1200x3000 e 1200x3600 mm with a thickness of 6 mm, whose production begun in July.

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

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.

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

The Fiorano Modenese, Italy-based company received two new important orders in India in the last months.

The Indian company will start up in April a new System line to produce slabs up to 3200 mm.

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Tech Tower systems, loading/unloading machines and laser-guided vehicles for the production of large-size tiles have been started up.

The new large-size tile finishing plant supplied by BMR to Indian firm Lioli Ceramica is due to begin operation in late March this year.

The Lamgea 22000t press and the Creadigit systems are the key technologies adopted in the Indian group’s new facility.

The company introduced the new technologies in the LBXTRA range for low environmental impact porcelain tile production and the Naturetech kit.

A major factor is the rapid development of the middle classes which already make up half of the country’s population.

The Indian company Motto Tiles will use CMF solutions for its new porcelain panel production plant.

The expansion project at the facility in Gailpur, Rajasthan, is expected to be completed soon.

The Indian construction industry is set to expand at a compound annual growth rate of 4.16% from now to 2021, an improvement on the 3.95% annual growth recorded over the period 2012-2016.