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.

Just commissioned in October, with this new supply the production capacity of the Johannesburg factory soars to more than 2 million pieces, entirely handled by SACMI pressure casting machines.

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).

Lingl was again commissioned by Duravit to supply a set of 10 chamber dryers for the new production plant in Chongqing, China.

With the start-up of the fourth production line in its facility in Bozüyük, Turkey, VitrA has reached a total capacity of 5.6 million pieces/year.

Two new GA2000 robots for robotised glazing of WCs have been started up in the Mettlach facility.

Two new sales branches have been opened in Bangkok and Monterrey to serve the Southeast Asian and Central and South American markets.

The services meet the need of sanitaryware producers to reconcile aesthetic quality, commercial needs and production constraints. ReCaP is based on collaboration with Imerys

The first complete supply for the Laufen (Roca Group) factory in the Czech Republic.

The new facility near Istanbul will host an automated Sacmi casting cell featuring two robot-assisted AVM machines.

Following the acquisition of Ceramica Cielo in 2017, Mittel continues its growth in the designer bathroom furnishing sector to create a more than 65-million-euro hub in the Civita Castellana cluster.

In 2018 Geberit posted consolidated sales of CHF 3,081 million (+5.9%), 5.7% growth in EBITDA and net income of CHF 626 million (+3.7%). It has also performed strongly in the first quarter of 2019.