Ancora Group supplies new plants to Samarskoe Keramiki

Ancora Group has supplied a squaring line to Russian porcelain tile manufacturer Samarskoe Keramiki as part of a programme to expand and modernise the company’s current set of machinery. This major order further strengthens Ancora’s longstanding business ties with the ceramic manufacturer, a member of the Estima Group located in Russia’s central-eastern region of Samara. This is one of the most industrialised areas in the country and a region where the Italian group has supplied equipment in the past. The latest-generation squaring line is capable of handling sizes up to 600x600 mm, increasing porcelain tile output and modernising the lines already present in the factory.

Samarskoe Keramiki joined Estima Group (Noginsk, Moscow) in 2010, becoming the largest ceramic granite manufacturer in Russia with a total production capacity of 14 million square metres of tiles a year. Estima was recently chosen as a supplier to the Moscow federal home refurbishment programme, for which purpose the group implemented a programme of modernising its manufacturing facilities at Noginsk and in the Samara region.

“On the whole, the Russian market has proved very resilient in recent years, even during the most difficult times for the international economy,” commented Ancora Group’s Vice Chairman Fabio Corradini. “Our Group has continued to achieve good results in this region, as this order goes to show.”