The majority shareholder since May 2018, Breton has completed its acquisition of the shares of Tecnema, which will be incorporated into the Treviso-based company by the end of the year.

The Sassuolo-based company won the Research category of the award for the creativity and complexity of its tailor-made booth and its skilful use of materials and patterns.

Ladrillera Santafé is well known in the Latin American brick and tile market as a leading brand that has been supplying products and supporting building industry professionals since 1955.

The group’s new goals are set out in the Sustainability Report 2018. With the installation of a further 26,000 sq.m of photovoltaic panels, the company can now meet up to 100% of the electrical energy requirements of its Italian factories.

The partnership between the two companies will offer customers a complete kiln car design and build service.

During the first 5 months of 2019, a total of 17,367 new buildings were completed.

On Tuesday 12 November, a conference exploring new technological solutions for transforming ceramic companies into smart factories will be held in Forum Monzani in Modena.

Economic scenarios, market potential and the new technological prospects for digital factories will take centre stage at the International Business Forum to be held on 11 and 12 November in Forum Monzani.

In 2018 the company registered record economic results with revenues of 3.3 billion euros (+6% on 2017) and an EBITDA of 470 billion euros (+15%).

The company expects to return to CAGR of 12-13% over the next 3-4 years and to increase profitability through capacity expansion for glazed vitrified tiles and a greater retail footprint.

The new facility will have a production capacity of 60 million bricks/year.

Fiandre, Mosaico+, Stylgraph Styl’Editions and Flaminia were the winners of the first edition of the ADI Booth Design Award.