Smart Powder Plant by Sacmi

Smart powder plant

Smart Powder Plant is the new Industry 4.0 ceramic body preparation solution from Sacmi. It improves the performance and efficiency of body preparation lines, making them easier to run, boosting worker expertise, improving product stability, and allowing for predictive maintenance. Thanks to new Industry 4.0 solutions for the continuous monitoring of key technological parameters, the […]

Setsu Shinobu Ito Tide

Cutting-edge creative surfaces

Ferrari & Cigarini specialises in the design and manufacture of machines and plants for the tile manufacturing industry. Since 1988, when the first cutting machines were designed for single-fired, double-fired and porcelain stoneware tiles, constant research to find solutions for problems in processing special pieces has led the company from Maranello to design and produce […]

SITI B&T

Waste heat recovery

Following the energy crisis in 1980, many saving technologies have  been  investigated  with attempts  to  implement them  into  various industries, one of them is the field of ceramic production. Following the energy crisis in 1980, many saving technologies have been investigated with attempts to implement them into various industries, one of them is the field […]

Evolution in terrazzo-effect tiles

Tranformational tile technology

Ceramic tile is perhaps the most dynamic of all the surface finishing sectors.  There are three main drivers for this.  The first is the progressive sophistication of tile manufacturing technology – continuous pressing, digital inkjet decoration, rectification, polishing, new frits and glazes, to name but a few – have accelerated the technical and aesthetic evolution […]

Marazzi's Grand Carpet

Top Tile Trends in 2018

Botanical: While floral designs have been around since decorative tile was invented, botanical is a new trend that reflects two movements in the design industry.  The first is a focus on health and wellness and the incorporation of the natural world into interiors. Meanwhile, the influence of tropical modernism has seeped into interiors and product […]

Lamgea

Pressing progression

Two giants of tile manufacturing technology – Sacmi and Sit B&T – have led the way in the development of continuous compaction, where rollers – rather than moulds and vertical ram presses – compress the porcelain dust to make today’s XXL format tiles, known in the USA as gauged porcelain panels.

INKCID from Torrecid

Global Decorating Solutions

INKCID from the Torrecid Group provides the ceramics sector with global decorating solutions that can be used with every digital printing machine. With INKCID, the Torrecid Group has provided to the ceramics industry with two essential aspects for its own future: differentiation and productivity. The portfolio reflects the Group’s ambitious Mission Statement: “Provoke change through […]

Joe Simpson

Joe Simpson: Global Tiling Ambassador

The Ceramic Tile Manufacturing Forum is a platform for the manufacturers of kilns, presses, inks, glazes, frits, and all the other key components of ceramic tile production; a place where these experts can share their informed insights into the technology that continues to drive advances in the ceramic tile sector.