The UK multinational is expanding its presence in the ceramic sector, where it already operates with Ceramica Serra in Italy and Keraben and Saloni in Spain.

Nuova Riwal Ceramiche is due to start up its third Easy Color Boost line in September.

The 34th CeramBath, the largest ceramic and bathroom exhibition in China, will be held in Foshan from 18 to 21 October.

The number of LGVs supplied by Sacmi to the ultramodern Duravit factory in Chongqing reaches 13. A new robotised glazing cell has also been started up.

The strong revenue growth of 2018 enabled the company to pursue an intense investment programme involving the production and design departments.

Technological excellence will take centre stage at the System Ceramics Open House in Fiorano Modenese from 23 September to 4 October 2019.

With the acquisition of Micro, a specialist producer of technical porcelain mosaic, the group now owns four brands along with Terratinta Ceramiche, Ceramica Magica and Sartoria.

The company, partly owned by Inter Ser, has doubled its revenue generated from advanced solutions for real-time location and tracking.

Jeff Jacobson takes over from Bill Muir as CEO.

The new line, complete with Creadigit BS digital printers, will begin operation by October in the new Marco Polo factory in Jiangxi.

A complete plant for the production of technical and glazed porcelain tiles equipped with Sacmi technology, from body preparation through to sorting, was started up on 16 May in Zlatoust.

LB will install the Divario press feeder in the RAK Ceramics group’s factory in Gazipur, its first ever order in Bangladesh.