Marazzi: Italian leadership and technological innovation

The North-American group Mohawk Industries Inc. is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is the world’s leading manufacturer of products for the flooring industry, offering a complete range of carpets, rugs, laminate flooring, natural stone tiles and ceramic tiles. When it acquired the Marazzi Group in 2013, it also became the world’s leading manufacturer of ceramic tiles.

The total profit earned by Mohawk solely from the manufacture of ceramic tiles - produced by the brands Marazzi, Ragno, Kerama Marazzi and Dal Tile - was 2,677 million US dollars in 2013.

To put this in context, it must be pointed out that the Marazzi Group’s total turnover for 2012 was over 857 million euros, 81% of which was generated by sales outside of Italy, and that the combined production area of the company’s plants in Italy, Spain, France, the USA and Russia stretched over more than 97 million square metres. The Mohawk Industries, Inc. Group earned a total of 1,616 million US dollars from the ceramic sector in 2012.

We interviewed Mauro Vandini, who was appointed CEO of Marazzi Italia by its new owners immediately after its acquisition, asking him what results can be seen at a global level just over a year after the merger of the two groups and what investment plans are being developed both in Italy and abroad.

Read below the complete interview or download the pdf of the article