Tecna People | Lucie Roubalova, Diamorph HOB Certec

Founded in 1995, Diamorph Hob Certec (Czech Republic) manufacturers a complete range of rollers for ceramic tile kilns to meet every kind of need and requirement.

What are the main market trends in terms of technology and which of these are you devoting most attention to?

For us as a producer of ceramic rollers for the kilns, the most important part of the technology is related to the development of kilns as a part of machinery and to the development of tiles as a final product which is produced and fired in the kilns. The kilns are getting larger and longer, more efficient, so we have to develop the product which will be suitable and able to face the new conditions, as f.e. higher Modulus of elasticity. In case of tiles, we have to follow up the trend of sizes f.e large slabs, thickness from 6 mm to 20 mm usually with the attention to the dimensional tollerances of our rollers.

Which geographical area has been most active in recent months?

Recently there was a huge increase in Middle East area, South America, Mexico and Spain, but now we can feel already a certain slowdown of these areas as well, after the European ceramic markets drop down.

What are your expectations forTecna 2024?

We expect and hope for a slight recover of ceramic industry in last quarter of 2024, huge presence of our clients in exhibition and lot of useful information regarding the current states of markets. We are keen to see the progress of the technology for ceramics, mainly in the firing process, in order to be able to react and develop the most suitable products for upcoming trends.