Tiles

After five years of uninterrupted growth, the Italian ceramic tile industry experienced a downturn in 2018 with production, sales and exports all seeing falls of between 2% and 3%.

Joseph Lundgren Consulting analyses the signs of a possible deceleration of growth of the housing market.

Amongst the flagship machinery manufactured by System Ceramics are the quality control and packaging automations, such as Qualitron XXL and Multiflex.

The Spanish ceramic tile industry has revised down the forecasts for 2018 (+2%). Exports grew by 1.6% in the first 9 months of the year.

The equipment supplied by System for the factory in Onda includes a number of Creadigit units for single-pass inkjet printing.

Four new openings have been announced for Milan, Rome, Amsterdam and Düsseldorf.

Following the first line supplied in 2016, the latest agreement covers the continuous mill feeding system, expansion of the spray-dried powder storage area and the feeding system for four new presses.

The company received the award for 20 Pure, the 163x324 cm through-vein slab with 20 mm thickness.

Panariagroup was awarded at the 5th edition of “BBS Biblioteca Bilancio Sociale” Award.

The Brazilian ceramic tile manufacturer has chosen Baxter, Tennessee as the location for its first US production facility, due to be completed by 2021.

The new packaging solutions adopted by the company during 2017 allow for savings of up to 63% of the weight of paper packaging, which is made from 55% recycled material.

Installed in the factory in Sadat City, Cairo, the Creadigit XXL HS printer creates sophisticated graphic effects on products produced by Gemma.

The Fiorano-based ceramic tile manufacturer won the “Growth and Sustainability” category.

The new complete plant supplied by Sacmi became operational at the end of the summer, equipped with the Continua+ technology and a full complement of downstream decoration, handling and firing solutions.

The Iranian ceramic industry is continuing to innovate in terms of plant and products and to adopt cutting-edge finishing technologies.

The end-of-line stage of the factory in Onda (Castellón) has been equipped with latest-generation technology for the production of large-size porcelain tiles.

Keraben has reaffirmed its collaboration with LB by adopting Easy Color Boost for dry powder colouring.

Pamesa Group’s CEO Jorge Bauset expects to close the year 2018 with a further growth of the group’s consolidated turnover, which could reach 640 million euros.

The acquisition worth approximately US $250 million was signed on 15 October and is expected to be closed by the end of the year.

The Spanish ceramic tile manufacturer is implementing the project to convert its facility to an Industry 4.0 model.