Large Format Tiles

Maximising plant performance and efficiency.

Work is progressing on the new plant that will produce large-format porcelain slabs Made in Italy. Construction of the buildings has been completed, with production scheduled to start by summer 2023.

LB supplied the spray-dried powder storage and feeding system, as well as dosing and mixing systems and two Easy Color Boost dry coloring lines.

The second complete Continua+ line supplied by Sacmi will be started up in May at the Incepa plant and will manufacture the new 160x160 cm and 160x320 cm SuperSize formats with 7 mm thickness.

System Ceramics has made a vital contribution to the success of these large-format surfaces by developing a pioneering process solution for the production of through-vein slabs.

Italdiamant presents its latest solution that grants a faster cutting speed and extreme versatility to work large surfaces of different materials.

The new facility, successfully started up by SAMCA in Hammanskraal, South Africa, adopts a revolutionary technological approach while using locally sourced raw materials.

RAK Ceramics is investing in a second line for medium and large sizes at its MC2 plant in Ras Al Khaimah.

The four Altadia Group companies Esmalglass-Itaca, Fritta, Vetriceramici and Younexa will act as Viglacera’s main glaze, frit and colour suppliers for its new large porcelain slab factory

A new feeding system for the large-size slab production line equipped with the Easy Color Boost dry colouring system will begin operation at the company’s Pavullo plant in June.

The Formigine-based group’s flagship technology for on-belt porcelain slab pressing will be installed at the Fragnani Group’s Tecnogres plant.

The new line joins the PCR2000, which has been in operation at the Italian ceramic group’s Faenza facility for a number of years. Sacmi has also supplied a dryer, a new Maestro kiln and a DHD digital decorating machine.

After achieving significant sales growth in 2021, Ceramika Paradyz expects another very positive year, also thanks to the new opportunities offered by the line which was started-up recently.

For the new Comet Granito (Granicer) plant in Morbi, Inter Ser will supply I-Tech's I-Nkfiller® automatic ink tank filling system for digital printers.

The heart of the new plant is the Continua+ PCR 3000 for the production of tiles and slabs in various sizes and thicknesses up to 3 cm with through-body veining

This first-ever shipment to Vietnam takes global sales of Sacmi slab compaction solutions to 100.

New factory supplied with a new complete plant. Equipment to include latest-generation XXL presses and an automated storage system.

LB will supply an LBXTRA feeding line for the production of porcelain stoneware slabs

Xiang Da Ceramics of Foshan, founded in 2005 but already one of the largest ceramic tile producers in China, has commissioned LB to supply Naturetech and Rolltech LBXTRA kits.

The new line, complete with Creadigit BS digital printers, will begin operation by October in the new Marco Polo factory in Jiangxi.