Tiles

The new press feeding system due to be installed in June will allow for the production of porcelain tile with high aesthetic quality using a double and triple loading process.

Fincibec, Nuovo Corso, San Valentino, Ce.Si., Gardenia Orchidea, Studio Mizar and Target Group have adopted Sacmi solutions for digital tile decoration.

The Castellarano-based glaze and colour producer was honoured for its concept entitled "Tailormade... with you…"

Robatech extends the offering of the proven Concept line with the newly developed Concept Stream. An innovative melting process, fast heat up time, and increased operator safety optimize the gluing process yet again.

Easy Polar is the innovative direct-exchange cooling system from Certech

With 170 years of history, the company has become one of the most dynamic ceramic producer in Russia following a technological upgrade process that saw Siti B&T Group as main technological partner.

The range of SSI Solvent Soluble Inks from Metco is now certified by Xaar for use with Xaar GS12C and GS40C variants of the Xaar 1003 printhead and the Xaar 2001-GS12C.

Good customer care, efficient shipping management and investments in technology and the warehouse are the key factors of the growth.

First launched two years ago, the high-speed dry squaring machine from Ancora has established itself in Italy and in the main foreign markets in Europe, America and Asia.

Eolo is able to reduce the temperature by around 5-10 °C and totally eliminate water evaporation from the tiles’ surface before infeed to the digital machine.

A leader in the field of ceramic decoration, the company has developed a new line of Inkjet Master digital effects that bring together the wide range of Megacolor brand ceramic colours with the use of cutting-edge technology.  

High-tech perspectives undermine the cornerstones of the traditional cycle of industrial design based on project-production and distribution-consumption.

The order is part of a modernisation project for large-format porcelain tile production at the Royal Porcelain factory.

By the this spring, the company will start up a new plant for large-format tile and panel production using the Continua+ line from Sacmi.

Tekmak has continued its research efforts in this field and the company is now presenting version 3.0, Igloo Cube, the most innovative and revolutionary version in terms of energy consumption, dimensions and performance.

Published special issues of CWR in Hindi, Russian and Farsi, and CWR no. 120 devoted to digital decoration and the ceramic industry in Italy, USA and Russia. Tile Italia Speciale Posa and Tile International Special Issue Coverings & Batimat Russia are also being distributed.

The Italian group has received the EQUITA SIM award for the originality and effectiveness of its capital market operation.

Squaring machine number 1,000 built by BMR has been installed at the facility of Casalgrande Padana.

"Smaltochimica Inks" is a complete range of colours, materials and effects for all kinds of decorations.

Production and total sales grew in 2016 to 415 million sq.m, thanks to an increase of exports and sales on the domestic market. 2017-2018 forecasts are also positive.