Latin America

The longstanding partnership between Marcheluzzo S.p.A. and the Colombian group Santafé, has been even further strengthened.

The Argentine company Ilva will install the Divario line in addition to the Rolltech and Chipper aesthetic kits for the production of full-body porcelain

Three Creadigit XXL printers and four sorting, packaging and palletisation plants consisting of Multigecko, Multipack and Griffon are due to be installed in the Rio Claro facility.

Ladrillera Santafé is well known in the Latin American brick and tile market as a leading brand that has been supplying products and supporting building industry professionals since 1955.

Ladrillos Lark and Grupo Ceramicos Fortaleza choose Cosmec automation to improve the efficiency of their production facilities.

Commissioned in March this year, the new Kerakoll factory in Brazil is located in Jundiai (São Paulo) and has a production capacity of around 40,000 tonnes/year.

The well-known Brazilian company aims to further improve the level of quality and design of its porcelain tile collections.

The important Argentine ceramic producer has commissioned Ancora to supply the finishing machinery for its new large-size tile plant.

Ceramica Gladymar has commissioned SITI BT Group to supply a complete plant for the production of 120x120 cm size tiles, a complete novelty for Bolivia.

The new plants for the Ceramica San Lorenzo factories in Peru and Argentina will begin operation by the end of 2018.

The new Embramaco and Castelli brand porcelain tiles were produced using the new Durst Gamma 108XD 4.0 printers.

The construction sector saw 5.6% expansion in 2017, and growth is likely to accelerate in 2018.

The most recent Tecno 850 was installed at the factory in Pilar (Buenos Aires) owned by Latercer.

The residential segment growth achieved 9.8% and 12.8% year-on-year in the second and third quarters.

Crispim was elected during Anfacer’s Annual General Meeting held during Expo Revestir in São Paulo.

Housing is one of the sectors to receive funding along with educational and healthcare buildings.

The country is seeing a growing number of sustainable projects and applications for LEED certification.

Faboce has chosen System technology for digital decoration, handling and packaging of full-body and glazed porcelain tiles in sizes up to 120x120 cm.

The Vercelli, Italy-based company picked up the award on 21 November in São Paulo.

The Brazilian company started up a porcelain tile facility using dry grinding technology from Manfredini & Schianchi.