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[November 2008]
Icasa Renews Sanitaryware Plant in Brazil
Icasa (Andradas, Minas Gerais, Brazil) has forged ahead with production plant renewal investments. The Andradas company is now Brazil’s third largest sanitaryware manufacturer in terms of pieces produced. It is a well established company that now, for the first time, has chosen to rely on Sacmi (Imola, BO, Italy) to update its machine pool with the most cutting-edge technology the market has to offer.
This new Brazilian customer for Sacmi has been provided with a TWS 105/300/80-G kiln: a model that has enjoyed considerable market success, it will improve Icasa’s performance considerably, especially on the consumption side, thanks to truly advanced technology.
With an output rate of 90,000 pieces a month, this machine can save the company considerable amounts of energy; no small thing, given that in June alone, Brazilian companies had to cope with gas price increases of 28%.
Started up at the end of April after testing was completed in record time, this kiln is the first step in what is hoped will be a long-lasting industrial partnership. So far Icasa has declared its complete satisfaction with the kiln, stating that it chose Sacmi exactly because of its ability to guarantee the project’s success and, consequently, ensure an excellent return on its investment.