Colorker Group adopts an Industry 4.0 model

With annual growth that has remained stable at around 8% for several years, Colorker Group posted revenues of close to 60 million euros last year and is expected to maintain a similar growth rate in 2018.

After completing in 2016 a 20 million euro investment to expand production capacity to the current figure of 7 million sq.m/year of tiles, the Castellón-based ceramic company is now involved in a pioneering project to convert its facility to an Industry 4.0 model, the first project of its kind adopted by the Spanish ceramic industry. The company has completed the pilot state and has now proceeded to implementation.

 “We are making rapid progress” Colorker Group’s CEO Manuel Ángel Murillo told us. “The pilot stage has been completed and we are now at the stage of implementing an Industry 4.0 model throughout the production plant. The use of new digital technologies will provide real-time information on all factory departments. We will begin building a database that will enable us to analyse and monitor the plants so as to plan predictive maintenance and improve the efficiency of machinery.

“The biggest contribution that this manufacturing model will make in terms of value is the improvement in company competitiveness thanks to real-time analysis and use of information. The large quantity of data and knowledge will allow us to rapidly make the best decisions to solve problems”.

Read the interview with Manuel Ángel Murillo published on Ceramic World Review 128/2018