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The technical conference organised by Ceramic World Review on 17 October in Fiorano was a resounding success.

The forum reaffirmed its key role for the US brick industry.

BMR’s heavy clay division continues to garner recognition amongst national and international brick and tile manufacturers who appreciate the outstanding quality of its technologies backed up by rapid and effective customer support.

As Forterra’s sole technology supplier, Bedeschi designed the entire production line, from clay preparation to final packaging.

Despite the 14% decline in revenues, the first-half results were still slightly better than expected. The performance demonstrates the UK brick producer’s resilience in a subdued market environment, with lower customer demand across both new build and RMI segments.

The recent order is the sixth Sacmi line installed at the Omani ceramic tile producer’s Nizwa site.

The upgrade, which was concluded successfully and to schedule, was aimed at significantly increasing production capacity and improving the handling of new thermally insulating blocks.

Tecnofiliere leads the way in Asia with a special multi-plate die treated with Tecnocoating.

The shortlist of architectural projects has been drawn up for the 11th edition of the prestigious award.

Panariagroup gains ownership of the company’s Leisnig facility, brands, sales network and stock and becomes one of the leading players in the German-speaking markets.

New project aims to capture waste heat from kilns and reuse it in dryers.

Completely built with SACMI machinery and the first of its kind in Romania, the new plant produces extruded wall lining strips.

While waiting for the inauguration of the Somany Max plant in December, the Indian group expects a double-digit growth in volume and an improvement in margins in the current fiscal year

The Peruvian company has installed a new automated packaging line at its Huachipa factory, eliminating much of the manual work and increasing productivity.

Cerdomus started up in the summer its new line in Castel Bolognese (Ravenna), equipped with Sacmi’s leading technologies, including the Continua+ PCR 2000.

Capaccioli has won a major order to supply the renowned UK brick producer with a fully automated plant.

The 40th Cersaie, which ended on 29 September in Bologna, registered a total of 99,319 visitors (8.8% more than in 2022), including more than 47,000 international attendees.

India’s largest tile manufacturer celebrates the goal of 101 million sqm, sold mainly on the domestic market. Revenues were up 18% to around €500 million.

After a successful year 2022 with revenues up 38% to €1,508 million, the Spanish group launched its Ecombustible project in late June and purchased Ascale in August.

The French company, which has been operating in the industry for no less than five generations, has installed a new Sacmi production line at its Decize factory in response to growing demand for technical stoneware mosaic.