Saxa Gres acquires Gualdo Tadino-based company Tagina

The sale of Tagina (Gualdo Tadino, Perugia), a historic Italian ceramic tile manufacturer founded in 1973, was announced on 13 April. The buyer is the Saxa Gres group owned by Francesco Borgomeo, the Anagni (Frosinone) based manufacturer of porcelain tiles and setts for urban design which in February acquired Ideal Standard’s Roccasecca (Frosinone) facility.

The sale was announced by Tagina’s chairman Mario Moriconi at a press conference which also saw the participation of Roberto Barberini, the top managers of Saxa Gres Francesco Borgomeo and Stefano Donati, the mayor of Gualdo Tadino Massimiliano Presciutti, and trade union representatives.

According to the new owners, the company will resume operation as soon as possible and will maintain the current levels of employment. The short-term goal is to start up one kiln by the end of May and take part in Cersaie in September with a new collection of high-thickness large size tiles.

In accordance with the business plan announced by Borgomeo, Tagina will be involved in Saxa Gres’s plans to manufacture urban design products using recycled ash from the waste-to-energy plants managed by Acea. For this purpose, investments will be made to equip Tagina with a spray dryer as well as a biogas plant for feeding two kilns. Borgomeo estimates that Tagina may produce 2 million sq.m of 2 and 3 cm thick porcelain tiles a year when fully operational and generate annual revenues of between 30 and 40 million euros.