Tiles

The Italian ceramic tile group announces new investments in the facility in Aveiro, Portugal.

As the latest addition to the Imola series, the PH8200 was developed in accordance with the most modern Industry 4.0 principles.

A total of 7 Durst printing systems are now in operation at the leading Polish company’s facilities.

SITI B&T has opened up the large-size tile market in Iran through an agreement with Rock Sanat (MA Ceram).

The company from Polinago (Modena, Italy) is expanding its range of Sure & Clean protective products with the introduction of this new anti-fingerprint and anti-stain protective treatment.

Acimac Research Dept. anticipates to Ceramic World Review the key figures of the 5th edition of the annual report "World production and consumption of ceramic tiles".

A new kiln producing up to 400,000 Hyperoll XXL range rollers/year is expected to start up by the end of the year.

Mohawk Industries (USA), SCG (Thailand) and Lamosa (Mexico) lead once again the rankings. Good results were also posted by Vitromex (Mexico), Pamesa and STN (Spain), Kajaria (India) and Arwana Citramulia (Indonesia).

Evolution Clean digital printhead cleaning system supplied to Vietnamese group.

The trade magazines Tile Italia and Tile International take a picture of the top 30 Italian ceramic tile manufacturers in 2016.

One of the latest orders received by Appel in the Indian market is from Simola Tiles, which will install a Calibro-Planar machine on its new 1200x2400 mm large-size tile production line.

The Piccinini family has finalised the acquisition of the company’s entire share package by purchasing the shares owned by Ferro Italia.

The Brazilian company started up a porcelain tile facility using dry grinding technology from Manfredini & Schianchi.

An additional 1000 m² of space has been added to meet the growing demand for warehousing, packaging and shipment of machinery.

The Morbi-based company has initiated an expansion programme with the installation of System’s LAMGEA press.

Polis’s new line for large-size porcelain tile production has been equipped with a PH7500 press and an ECP307 dryer.

Sicer has opened a new research centre in Fiorano and upgraded its production facility in Torriana (Rimini) with new cutting-edge plant.

Tecnema has also improved its Dry Square 4.0 machine for dry grinding, with four units due to be delivered by the end of the year.

Cogeneration: the new 4.0 digital solutions and the energy storage package bring greater economic and environmental benefits.

The range of glazing technologies has been expanded through collaboration with Errevi Elettric, Tecnocer Italia and Automec Services.