Durst strengthens its presence in Vietnam by naming Triana as exclusive distributor, in charge of sales and after-sale services.

Underpinning these results were a major contract in Asia, R&D investments and expansion of the sales and technical organisation.

This year’s winners were Coloronda, Argenta, Efi-Cretaprint and the joint project carried out by Neos Additives, Azuliber and Bestile

Synergia, owner of Glass1989 and Karol Italia, has acquired a majority stake in Ceramica Artigiana, thereby expanding its range of offerings in the bathroom segment.

The Spanish group posted 15% revenue growth, an EBITDA of 194 million euros and investments of 90 million euros in 2019. It has also announced the acquisition of a 50% stake in Argenta Cerámica and Cifre Cerámica.

RAKO Director at the helm of the European Ceramic Tile Manufacturers Federation for the next 3 years

Italian-made technology from BMR continues to gain market share in both countries thanks to the company’s know-how, proven technological quality and customer care

Ahead of its 25th anniversary, Diamorph Hob Certec report a strong performance in 2019 with a repeat of the record turnover of 2018. This result owes much to the efforts of an efficient sales network and a highly motivated technical team.

EFI Industrial Printing, a global market leader in digital printing systems, signed a collaboration agreement in September with Rus Arco (Conr Group) regarding the distribution of EFI inks in the Russian and Eastern European ceramic market.

The Russian company Ugrakeram, a leading sanitaryware manufacturer belonging to the Roca Group, has started up a new shuttle kiln produced by Riedhammer (Sacmi Group).

Witgert, a long-running German producer of clays and ceramic bodies with a history dating back no fewer than eight generations, completed the construction of its new storage warehouse at its site in Herschbach in August this year.

Xiang Da Ceramics of Foshan, founded in 2005 but already one of the largest ceramic tile producers in China, has commissioned LB to supply Naturetech and Rolltech LBXTRA kits.