Whiteware

After currency adjustments, the Swiss group reported a 7.9% decline in volumes and a 4% increase in EBITDA for the first nine months of 2023.

With the new plant, equipped with Sacmi technologies, the Turkish company’s yearly sanitaryware production has surged to 6.7 million units.

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.

The German Group registered consolidated revenue of € 650.6 million, down 10.7% year on year (or -8.8% on a constant currency basis).

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.

On September 18th Villeroy & Boch AG signed binding agreements to acquire operating companies in the Ideal Standard Group.

Cooperation with the new local distributor is strategically important for expanding Kerasys® LC sales in the fast-growing Indian market.

The Swiss group’s net sales fell by 9.2%, largely due to the contraction in European markets. Margins are recovering.

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.

The new thermostatically controlled glazing tanks for sanitaryware production have been installed at the Globo factory in Fabrica di Roma.

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 Italian sanitaryware producer posted revenues of more than €37 million in 2022 and now aims to strengthen its position in foreign markets.

In 2022, the Spanish group reported a turnover of more than €2 billion and made investments of €135 million.

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.

The Swiss multinational’s net sales decreased by 8.9% in Q1 2023 but EBITDA margin increased by 220 basis points to 33.1%.

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.