Whiteware

The Swiss group’s net sales fell by 9.2%, largely due to the contraction in European markets. Margins are recovering.

The facility is already under construction in Quebec and was designed together with Sacmi, which also built the fully electric roller kiln, a world first for this type of application.

The new thermostatically controlled glazing tanks for sanitaryware production have been installed at the Globo factory in Fabrica di Roma.

Along with the results for the ceramic tile sector, Confindustria Ceramica also presented the 2022 results for Italian producers of sanitaryware, tableware, refractory materials and heavyclay bricks.

The Italian sanitaryware producer posted revenues of more than €37 million in 2022 and now aims to strengthen its position in foreign markets.

In 2022, the Spanish group reported a turnover of more than €2 billion and made investments of €135 million.

The Spica production facility in Civita Castellana was recently acquired from Imerys. The new company, renamed New Spica, aims to expand its activities from sanitaryware into the tableware, artistic ceramics and clay roof tile segments.

The Swiss multinational’s net sales decreased by 8.9% in Q1 2023 but EBITDA margin increased by 220 basis points to 33.1%.

Sacmi has now installed 260 machines worldwide, a milestone that demonstrates the efficiency and versatility of Sacmi RobotCasting high pressure casting.

The Rumanian tableware manufacturer has started up a new Sacmi spray-dryer ATM18 that will allow to carry out part of their spray-dried powder production vertically and to completely recycle scrap and waste within the line.

Eczacıbaşı Building Products (EBP) has installed a 4.29 MWp solar array on the roof of its factory in Bozüyük, Turkey and aims to extend the project to all its other sites by the end of 2025.

The solution enables the Civita Castellana-based company to automate white finishing of sanitaryware. The supplied cell is equipped with the new Sacmi-Gaiotto NG Offline software and a customised handling system.

Following on from the installation of a Rapid Dry model dryer, Setec Group has supplied SDR Ceramiche with a new low-consumption kiln designed by Coeltunnel.

The company recently installed a new Sacmi-Gaiotto GA2000 robot equipped with the new anti-bacterial kit for efficient, uniform application of sanitising glaze.

The company has installed a second AVB for modern rimless wall-mounted WC production.

The company recently completed final testing of a complete WC casting cell consisting of two AVM high pressure casting machines at its Hungarian facility.

The new drying solution combines the strengths of the various dryer models the company has built over the years.

An IT architecture that keeps the key production parameters of casting, glazing and robotic finishing under control, all in real time. With immediate advantages thanks to proactive, instantaneous process management.

The Swiss sanitaryware group reported a 2% decline in net sales but maintained its solid financial foundations.

Italian sanitaryware manufacturer SDR Ceramiche has installed the new Rapid Dry dryer from Setec in order to reduce energy consumption and increase productivity.