Tiles

Following 9 months of operation at Antica Ceramica in Rubiera, the Frascari Group has reaffirmed its trust in DIGIGLAZE 4.0, extending the economic and application benefits of the technology to the Group’s other facilities.

The new squaring machines allow for greater control of grinding wheel wear as well as a more correct material removal.

The UK multinational is expanding its presence in the ceramic sector, where it already operates with Ceramica Serra in Italy and Keraben and Saloni in Spain.

Nuova Riwal Ceramiche is due to start up its third Easy Color Boost line in September.

With the acquisition of Micro, a specialist producer of technical porcelain mosaic, the group now owns four brands along with Terratinta Ceramiche, Ceramica Magica and Sartoria.

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

For its new factory in Anyang, China, Belite Ceramics has chosen the best Sacmi technology for digital decoration of high-end ceramic floor tiles.

BMR has further strengthened its leadership in Mexico with major new orders from the country’s top ceramic companies.

The new Italian branch of the Eczacıbaşı Building Products Division has opened in Sassuolo to promote the VitrA brand.

A complete plant for the production of technical and glazed porcelain tiles equipped with Sacmi technology, from body preparation through to sorting, was started up on 16 May in Zlatoust.

LB will install the Divario press feeder in the RAK Ceramics group’s factory in Gazipur, its first ever order in Bangladesh.

The production of GrestoneTM cobblestones started in the Roccasecca factory in April, where the capacity will be double by the year 2020. On 14 June this year the group acquired Centro Impasti Ceramici Modena (former Cbs) with a company lease agreement.

The Multiflex packaging process of System Ceramics represents a state-of-the-art technology that can assure high-performing operations, flexibility and customization.

Certech has developed and patented a new continuous modular mill that grants up to 20% savings in energy consumption and a higher productivity up to 15-20%

Elected on July 23rd, Giuseppe Lesce will guide the Italian Federation of capital goods manufacturers for the two-year period 2019-2020.

African production and consumption of ceramic tiles continue to rise, as well as imports from India and Spain, while imports from China registered a sharp slowdown in 2018.

With an investment of about 2 million euros, Iris Ceramica has achieved the goal of the “Zero Emissions” project at the facility in Castellarano, Italy.

The magazine Tile Italia has published the rankings of the largest Italian ceramic tile manufacturers updated to 31/12/2018.

The Ukrainian ceramic group has ordered a complete reception, storage and press feeding plant for the factory in Kalush.

By the year 2030 Africa will have 17 cities with more than 5 million inhabitants.