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[February 2007]
Demand for High-Tech Plants in India Continues to Grow
It is reported that there were positive results from Ceratec 2007, the international ceramic technology conference held in Visakhapatnam, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Sacmi (Imola, BO, Italy) participated in the three-day event, held from 8-10 January 2007, with its Whiteware and Refractory divisions.Indian operators expressed keen interest in refractories, especially those used in the metallurgical industries. It is now becoming clear that there is a steadily growing need among local producers to equip themselves with better quality, higher tonnage machines, especially presses and extruders. Added to this is the ever greater internal demand for steel, particularly within the construction sector.
Sacmi saw this as a great occasion, then, to strengthen its ties with several long-standing customers - yet also an opportunity to establish contacts with key industrial groups, so far unknown to Imola, that are keen to purchase plants with innovative features as yet unavailable on the Indian market. Several eager-to-invest Indian firms have asked Sacmi Refractory to supply not only sophisticated control systems and software, applied on high tonnage presses to guarantee outstanding quality, but also high capacity extruders. There were also interesting business developments for Sacmi on the Whiteware front, especially with regard to sanitaryware and insulators.
Talks at Ceratec covered key subjects such as ceramic technology training and the characteristics of advanced ceramics, a clear indicator of growing demand on the Indian market for quality; another key topic – discussed in the presence of numerous engineers and specialised technicians, among others – was that of ceramic bodies that improve finished product quality. There was also much talk of energy recovery, reducing consumption and the reutilisation of processing waste, topics that are increasingly widespread in emerging markets such as the Indian one.
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