Tiles

The Indian group expects a further 12-13% sales growth in volumes in the fiscal year 2020.

Acimac Research Dept. anticipates to Ceramic World Review the key figures of the 7th edition of the annual report “World production and consumption of ceramic tiles”.

With the death of Giorgio Squinzi in the late afternoon of Wednesday 2 October, the ceramic industry has lost one of its best known and most influential figures.

LATICRETE® International, a leading manufacturer of globally proven construction solutions for the building industry, has acquired Benfer Schomburg of Castelnuovo Rangone (Modena).

Mohawk Industries (USA), SCG (Thailand) and Lamosa (Mexico) lead once again the rankings. Total 2018 tile production of the 25 largest world groups amounted to around 1.80 billion sq.m, 13,7% of world tile production.

Cutting occupies a prominent position among the technological excellence of BMR's production dedicated to ceramic tile finishing, especially considering the development of large sizes and slabs.

Algerian company Ideal Ceramique has reaffirmed its trust in LB with an order for a second complete dry grinding plant.

DongPeng Ceramics will distribute SICIS mosaics throughout the entire Chinese market.

Following 9 months of operation at Antica Ceramica in Rubiera, the Frascari Group has reaffirmed its trust in DIGIGLAZE 4.0, extending the economic and application benefits of the technology to the Group’s other facilities.

The new squaring machines allow for greater control of grinding wheel wear as well as a more correct material removal.

The UK multinational is expanding its presence in the ceramic sector, where it already operates with Ceramica Serra in Italy and Keraben and Saloni in Spain.

Nuova Riwal Ceramiche is due to start up its third Easy Color Boost line in September.

With the acquisition of Micro, a specialist producer of technical porcelain mosaic, the group now owns four brands along with Terratinta Ceramiche, Ceramica Magica and Sartoria.

The new line, complete with Creadigit BS digital printers, will begin operation by October in the new Marco Polo factory in Jiangxi.

For its new factory in Anyang, China, Belite Ceramics has chosen the best Sacmi technology for digital decoration of high-end ceramic floor tiles.

BMR has further strengthened its leadership in Mexico with major new orders from the country’s top ceramic companies.

The new Italian branch of the Eczacıbaşı Building Products Division has opened in Sassuolo to promote the VitrA brand.

A complete plant for the production of technical and glazed porcelain tiles equipped with Sacmi technology, from body preparation through to sorting, was started up on 16 May in Zlatoust.

LB will install the Divario press feeder in the RAK Ceramics group’s factory in Gazipur, its first ever order in Bangladesh.

The production of GrestoneTM cobblestones started in the Roccasecca factory in April, where the capacity will be double by the year 2020. On 14 June this year the group acquired Centro Impasti Ceramici Modena (former Cbs) with a company lease agreement.