Raw materials

Drawn from Sibelco’s unique deposits in Norway, Spectrum® nepheline syenite enhances the aesthetic and functional characteristics of matt glazes and helps to reduce production costs.

Material solutions leader Sibelco has announced the acquisition of two clay producers in the Donbass region of Ukraine.

Witgert, a long-running German producer of clays and ceramic bodies with a history dating back no fewer than eight generations, completed the construction of its new storage warehouse at its site in Herschbach in August this year.

To support its market growth in India, Alteo has announced the opening of its new branch Alteo India Aluminas Private Ltd. in Mumbai.

Alteo and Ginet have set up a joint venture in China to facilitate the introduction of lithium batteries into the local market.

The innovative ready-to-use system for 3D printers allows for rapid prototyping of ceramic items such as tableware, pottery and sanitaryware.

The German group has for the third time been honoured with the Innovation Award for the Raw Materials Industry of Rhineland Palatinate.

It has also purchased the building at the site in Veggia (Casalgrande).

Geomix has built a new laboratory equipped with cutting-edge instrumentation for technological analysis of raw materials and ceramic bodies and chemical analysis of products.

Stephan Schmidt Group, one of the world’s leading producers of specialty clays and minerals for the ceramic industry, will be presenting several new products at Ceramitec 2018.

The C.B.C. Group produces a wide range of ceramic bodies designed to meet the specific needs of every customer.

The clays extracted at the 11 quarries owned by UMG Holding have the characteristics needed to produce high-strength raw bodies suitable for the production of large-format ceramic tiles.

The Fiorano Modenese based company, owned by C.B.C. Group, has launched the REWhite® trademark for its whiteners.

C.B.C. Group has received the Energy Saving Award 2015 from Omron for its energy efficiency project for raw material preparation plants.

30 years of history and constant growth based on research, innovation and development of technologies for improving production processes.

The SOKA range joins the already extensive Geomix catalogue, which also includes materials supplied by German companies Goerg&Schneider (Westerwald) and Maroton

The Ukrainian supplier extracts three million tons of plastic clays each year and garantees a stable stock of a million tons

Excellent characteristics for the production of vitrified tiles