World-leading mineral specialties supplier Imerys has made a firm commitment to integrating sustainability into every aspect of its business. This includes supporting its customers’ own transition to a low-carbon economy through a growing portfolio of market-driven solutions which combine innovation with sustainability.
A new SACMI-Riedhammer HWS kiln was recently started up at VitrA’s “Third plant” in Bozüyük. The machine is specifically designed to handle large and complex pieces.
The facility is already under construction in Quebec and was designed together with Sacmi, which also built the fully electric roller kiln, a world first for this type of application.
Along with the results for the ceramic tile sector, Confindustria Ceramica also presented the 2022 results for Italian producers of sanitaryware, tableware, refractory materials and heavyclay bricks.
The Spica production facility in Civita Castellana was recently acquired from Imerys. The new company, renamed New Spica, aims to expand its activities from sanitaryware into the tableware, artistic ceramics and clay roof tile segments.
Sacmi has now installed 260 machines worldwide, a milestone that demonstrates the efficiency and versatility of Sacmi RobotCasting high pressure casting.
The Rumanian tableware manufacturer has started up a new Sacmi spray-dryer ATM18 that will allow to carry out part of their spray-dried powder production vertically and to completely recycle scrap and waste within the line.
Eczacıbaşı Building Products (EBP) has installed a 4.29 MWp solar array on the roof of its factory in Bozüyük, Turkey and aims to extend the project to all its other sites by the end of 2025.
The solution enables the Civita Castellana-based company to automate white finishing of sanitaryware. The supplied cell is equipped with the new Sacmi-Gaiotto NG Offline software and a customised handling system.
Following on from the installation of a Rapid Dry model dryer, Setec Group has supplied SDR Ceramiche with a new low-consumption kiln designed by Coeltunnel.