The investment for a new tunnel kiln, designed to achieve an output of a million pieces per year, completes the project to expand production at the Duravit’s Chongqing plant.
The number of moulds made using the innovative “by tooling” process continues to grow, and, for the first time, supersedes the traditional “by casting” system.
Ceramic World Review updates the 2023 rankings of the world ceramic sanitaryware manufacturers by volumes of production. Roca, Kohler and Geberit confirm their leading positions. See who is next.
Acimac Research Dept. / MECS updates the yearly analysis of the world ceramic sanitaryware imports/exports flows. The figures confirm a second consecutive year of decline in 2023, a downturn observed in almost all geographical areas of production.
Thanks to the acquisition of Ideal Standard, the German group posted revenues exceeding €1 billion in the first nine months of the year for the first time ever.
The Chongqing plant is increasingly establishing itself as one of the world’s most advanced facilities in terms of automation and Industry 4.0 production flows and internal logistics.
The Italian group has acquired certain assets from Lippert’s Industrial Solutions division, completing its range of automation, storage and robotics technologies.
In recent months the company has started up its fifth Sacmi ADM casting machine and two new Sacmi AVM cells, all of which are fully automated, state-of-the-art solutions.
The Italian industrial holding company Mittel has further strengthened its position in the ceramic sanitaryware sector with its fourth acquisition in seven years, once again in the Civita Castellana district in the province of Viterbo.
