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furnishing and interior design segments, they attracted much interest at the recent KBIS show in Orlando, Florida. In the thin tile and panel segment (6 mm), Inalco offers its Slimmker range available in sizes 150x300 cm, 150x150 cm and 100x250 cm for floors and walls. Thanks to the company’s global sales network and internationalisation policy, Inalco products are sold in 120 countries worldwide.
ic materials, Grau gained extensive experience in the ceramic industry in Germany, initially as managing director of Creaton and then as CEO of Erlus. In 2014 he joined the Steuler Fliesen Group as managing director of Kerateam. Rüdiger Grau takes over from Karl-Heinz Fabel, who is retiring after 13 years and leaving the Board of Directors of Norddeutsche Steingut. During these years Fabel has played a major role in driving the German company’s development, especially in terms of innovation and investments. His achievements include introduction of the first inkjet printer for tile decoration in Germany as well as the first Continua+ line for large size ceramic tile production, which was installed at Nordceram. Grau has taken over the helm of Norddeutsche Steingut alongside Stefan Zeidler (shown together in the photo) since the beginning of 2018, the company’s 150th anniversary year.
CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP AT NORDDEUTSCHE STEINGUT
NEW HQ FOR PROFILITEC
Norddeutsche Steingut (Bremen, Germany), a company belonging to German ceramic giant Steuler Fliesen Group, appointed Rüdiger Grau as a member of its board of directors on 18 December last year. After graduating in geology with a specialisation in ceram-
continuously increasing sales volumes and a constantly expanding product range, Profilitec SpA moved into a new "home" in January. Having acquired a new logistics and production hub, we now have twice as much space as we had before, enabling us to continue the process of growth and development we embarked on in the far-off days of 1966, which has made us a major player on the biggest international markets. We have always seen it as a valuable asset to have our company based in Italy, and as we expand our headquarters, we are only moving a few kilometres from our previous base and staying in the province of Vicenza, at 3 Via Scotte, Isola Vicentina, thus safeguarding the know-how we have built up in more than 50 years in business." Company Chairman Roderick Egli continued: "After opening our American subsidiary, Profilitec Corp., in Plattsburgh, New York state, in July 2016, this is the second building block underpinning Profilitec's growth and reinforcement. We are a highly export-driven company, but this investment demonstrates our bond with Italy and its production system, which has always been a crucible of world-class technological innovation and design." (for more information, visit www.profilitec.com)
Back in the 1980s, Vicenza-based Profilitec, a manufacturer of profiles, joints and flooring installation systems, was the first company to promote specific profiles for the ceramic industry. Its Chairman recently made the following announcement: "On the strength of double-digit growth in 2017,
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