Sacmi signs the new Sintered Stone 4.0 Factory of Royal Vietnam

Officially launched in May, the new Industry 4.0 factory has a production capacity of 3 million sqm/year of slabs.

During the 2025 Shareholders’ Meeting held in June, Royal Vietnam (Royal Sintered Stone Manufacturing and Investment Joint Stock Company) officially announced the start of production in early May at its Royal Sintered Stone 4.0 Factory, the new facility dedicated to the manufacturing of large-format porcelain slabs, with a production capacity of 3 million square meters per year.

The new factory, located on a 32,000 sqm site in Nhon Trach District, Dong Nai Province, represents one of the most significant investments by the Vietnamese ceramics group. The Sintered Stone Plant project was initiated in 2023, and required an investment of approximately 30 million USD for the construction of the new plant and installation of equipment, featuring the most advanced Italian technologies.

The new factory was designed by Sacmi, which supplied the complete plant, from body preparation (with two spray dryers and relative spray-dried powder conveying/storage systems) to firing in a high-efficiency roller kiln.

The heart of the plant is the forming line, featuring the new Continua+ 2180, equipped with cutting-edge digital decoration solutions. With this installation Royal Vietnam becomes the first Asia-Pacific ceramic group to equip itself with Sacmi technology for on-surface and through-body slab decoration. In fact, the line is digitally coordinated with Deep Digital solutions, supplied here in an all-round configuration: two DHD digital wet decorators and a DDG digital grit-glue decorator.

With the new production line, Royal Vietnam aims for a significant leap in quality, focusing on the highest value-added product segments. The company can now expand its range by creating new products with unmatched three-dimensional ‘material’ effects, all the strength and durability of ceramic, and a look that mirrors the aesthetics of natural materials.

In addition to large-format floor and wall covering surfaces, the new production will also include ceramic countertops and furnishing accessories, thanks to the advantages Continua+ has to offer in terms of versatility, productivity and fully flexible control of size and thickness, in coordination with all the digital devices on the line.

Already strongly positioned on international markets, Royal Vietnam will focus on exporting 70% of the new production to the U.S. market while capturing a 30% market share for premium domestic projects.