Kaleseramik announces new investments

The Kalesinterflex brand continues to be pivotal to Kale Group’s expansion programmes. Read the interview to Kaleseramik’s GM Timur Karaoğlu.

Kaleseramik, Turkey’s largest ceramic manufacturer and one of the global leaders in the industry, has a current production capacity of 56 million sqm/year across 57 production lines. The company sells a wide range of products under its various brands (Çanakkale Seramik, Kalebodur, Edilcuoghi, Kalesinterflex and T-One) and has an extensive catalogue spanning 1,900 types of floor tiles in 50 different sizes and 2,200 types of wall tiles in 60 sizes. It launches around 200 new products onto the market every year.

Ever since its early years, Kale Group has been committed to adopting ever more innovative technologies, most of which are inaugurated during the celebrations held at the Çan headquarters on 27 July each year to mark the anniversary of the group’s foundation back in 1957.

On 27 July 2023, it officially started up its third line for the production of Kalesinterflex slabs with a production capacity of 1.5 million sqm/year and an additional capability to produce a 160x320 cm size in various thicknesses.

This year, 27 July coincided with the announcement of a new technology investment plan aimed at supporting the group’s global growth.

We discussed this new plan with Kaleseramik’s General Manager Timur Karaoğlu, who explained:

“We have just signed an agreement with our longstanding supplier System Ceramics to modernise our existing Kalesinterflex slab production line in sizes 100x300 cm and 120x360 cm and to increase production capacity by 50% from 1.6 to 2.4 million sqm. The €15 million investment will be completed in two phases, the first by 1 May 2025 and the second by the end of next year. This investment will bring our total slab capacity to 5.6 million sqm/year while also allowing us to improve the technical and aesthetic quality of the surfaces”.

Another major investment will also be completed this year: On 1st December, a new line equipped with Supera technology from Gruppo B&T will start production of large-size glossy glazed porcelain tiles.

From 23 to 27 September Kaleseramik is exhibiting at Cersaie (Pavillion 18, Stand B36-C35) where the Kalesinterflex slabs will be protagonists, including the two new products launched this year: the ultra-thin panels with a thickness of just 2 mm and the T-One kitchen countertops.

Read the complete interview to Timur Karaoğlu published in CWR no. 158