Tecnargilla, Cersaie and a Fuorisalone: SITI B&T’s season of innovation

Formigine, 18^th September 2018 - SITI BT Group SpA, a manufacturer of complete systems for tiles and sanitaryware, listed on the AIM Italia market (Ticker: SITI), will participate directly in the world's two leading trade fairs for the ceramic industry: Tecnargilla (technology, in Rimini) and Cersaie (finished product, in Bologna), both scheduled for 24 to 28 September 2018.

At Tecnargilla, the most innovative high-quality ceramic slabs will be on display at the SITI BT booth, with the aim of demonstrating how beauty in ceramics can be achieved through cutting-edge technologies for each stage of the production process. The digital decoration solutions by Projecta Engineering and the Ancora finishing machines give the finished product a high aesthetic added value. Digital Design will be at Cersaie and will exhibit ceramics created from their own graphic projects using all the Group's technologies.

There is also a new development from this year: SITI BT offers a Fuorisalone (side event) that will be held in the same week as the fairs at the bt-Space in Fiorano Modenese. Every day, from 9.00 to 21.00, the Group's space dedicated to communication, logistically connected with both Bologna and Rimini, will be open to guests for a journey in technological beauty, with the exhibition of the best slabs (with Supera® technology), of ceramics adorned with the finest decorations and with experts in the field (architects, designers) who will make their contribution.

'We are taking part in these events with great expectations - commented Fabio Tarozzi, Chairman and CEO of SITI BT Group - above all in relation to the relevant technological innovations (12 process innovations) that we will display. We are sure that our presence will be reflected in numerous new contacts and opportunities to be seized. Our Group is growing thanks to the widest range of ceramic technology currently available on world markets'.

During the Fuorisalone, guests can visit the technological showcase dedicated to the entire production process of ceramic slabs and sanitaryware, with new proposals by SITI BT, Ancora, Projecta Engineering and BT White.

The world preview of twelve technological innovations that SITI BT exhibits on this occasion, are an important stimulus for all producers and are a further confirmation of the international leadership of the Italian ceramic machinery sector.

The result of two years of Research & Development, the new energy saving and low environmental impact solutions concern the production of large panels. Focus in particular on the variable vaulted kiln XL Titanium^® Wave, the two-channel kiln oven

For Titanium^® Slab panels, the Easy Dry modular horizontal dryer, the Bbox XXL loading and unloading machine. On the digital decoration front, the next frontier is called Innova^®, the large size digital printer by Projecta Engineering that completes the Full Digital Line, a modular and combinable line in which Evo DryFix 2.0 stands out for dry material applications. Having Industry 4.0′s unique control centre, the Full Digital Line is designed with environmentally friendly water-based technology (i.e. with efficient and environmentally friendly water-based inks).

Ancora, the first company ever to launch PoliDry, a dry lapping line (patented), also offers Luxury, a high-quality surface treatment for lapped products, and a 4.0 squaring machine equipped with automatic feeding of the spindles with laser detection of grinder wheel consumption.

For the healthcare world, B & T White puts Maverick Evo on displayfor the sanitaryware world, a technological development of multi-mould forming.

Lastly, still with a view to Industry 4.0, SITI BT Group presents the new complete BT TUTOR supervision system.

A full house of technological innovations that has been possible thanks to an R&D staff of over 60 employees and an investment that in 2017 exceeded 7 million Euros. Currently, SITI BT Group holds about 200 industrial patents.