Machinery

At Ceramics China (Guangzhou, 1-4 June), SITI B&T Group is showcasing its complete range of plant and machinery for the ceramic industry, from clay preparation to product finishing.

One of its most interesting new products, the special sorting line belt has been adopted by 10 of the world's 25 largest tile producers.

The innovative high-definition inkjet marking system is adopted on the 4-Phases packaging machine from System.

The industry is continuing its recovery, largely driven by increases in productivity per employee which more than compensate for rising labour costs.

Growth across all divisions, with Ceramics at +5%. 20 million euros of investments in R&D in 2014. Further turnover growth forecast in 2015.

Bianchini will focus on the development of the latest Siti B&T technologies, inluding a totally green line capable of halving production costs.

DGbull is a new inkjet printer for digital decoration of skirting developed by Ferrari & Cigarini and unveiled at Coverings 2015.

Record number of installations in Europe, Asia and Latin America.

The new version of the mouldless press produced by System turns out between 50 and 70 panels an hour and delivers up to 13,000 square metres/day to the kilns.

Innovation, high-quality materials, meticulous finished product design and a timely after-sales service have led the company to seek ever new solutions based on discussion with customers.

CMF Technology has already sold numerous items from the XLT range.

The Italian Group, which is present in South America with 3 branches, will show all its technological innovations at Revestir.

The American multinational reported $211.1 million revenues for the fourth quarter of 2014 (up 7% compared to the fourth quarter of 2013).

The addition of tile finishing technologies rounds off the Formigine-based group’s range of complete plant for the ceramic industry.

Production flexibility and creativity are the key factors that have driven the success of Continua+ technology from Sacmi since it was first presented in late 2013.

The new company, headed by Erminio Guiducci, produces plants for handling raw materials and ceramic powders

New TBOX storage systems supplied to Pt. Primarindo Argatile

New sales staff hired at the German office of the Group

Doug Edwards takes over from Ian Dinwoodie at the helm of the Cambridge-based company

Demand grows for SITI B&T technologies in the Indian market