Tiles Ettore Rigo appointed general manager of Marazzi Group in Spain The new manager was officially presented during Cevisama
Tiles Wendel Ibérica becomes Kerafrit The new name is intended to reflect the company’s ceramic activities and international scope
Tiles WBB España invests in white body The company recently launched a development plan worth 6 million euro for its activities
Tiles NPC takes over Euroatomizado The new group will have an estimated turnover of about 70 milion euro
Events Moods 2008 unveiled at Cevisama Now in its fifth edition, the publication will as usual be available in English, Spanish and Italian
Fairs Build UP Expo on the starting blocks More than 600 companies in exhibition space of 80,000 sq.m
Events Seminar on sound emissions from machinery A technical meeting on standards and obligations relating to noise will be held on Thursday 8 February at the Hotel Executive in Fiorano. Speaker, Marco Vigone
Tiles Valte Cappellini new export manager at Smaltochimica An experienced ceramic sector manager, he joined the Spezzano-based group on 1 January 2007
Tiles JohnsonMatthey Ceramics acquired by British investment fund The acquisition cost 226 million euro
Fairs Cevisama, the opening event of the 2007 international trade show season The Valencia trade fair will be held from 6 to 10 February
Fairs Toyo Ito designs poster for Cersaie 2007 The Japanese architect’s grids will represent the twenty-fifth edition of the Bologna show
Events A 5-fold Tile International English, Spanish French, German and Russian are the languages in which the magazine will be available
Tiles Impact Group formed It was created through an agreement between four well-known manufacturers of machinery and technology for the sanitaryware industry
Tiles Gres d'Arte by Skipper acquires Santex The new Frappi Group company specialises in the sale of prestigious small size tiles with a strong artisan flavour
Tiles Cleopatra Group to open new factory The new facility will have 18 lines to be started up in two phases by the end of 2007 and will have an output of more than 3 million sq.m/year
Tiles Relux, from neon to tile It is a glazed porcelain tile produced using glaze consisting of 40% high-performance glass originating from recycled fluorescent lamps
Events A new group of companies is created within Acimac The new group includes companies in the field of roller and printing screen production, graphic research and design