ALAN METAURO, HIGH-PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS FOR MODERN BUILDING A few years after our first visit, we returned to the Alan Metauro factory in Secchiano, in the Pesaro-Urbino province in central Italy’s Marche region. One of the largest manufacturers of heavy clay products in Italy, the company has its headquarters and factories in the Marecchia valley, an […]
TECNOFILIERE SUPPLIES EQUIPMENT TO ILV Tecnofiliere (Novi, province of Modena, Italy), a world leader in the production of extruder dies, carried through a large supply contract to ILV (Casei Gerola, province of Pavia, Italy) in late 2005 and early 2006. TECNOFILIERE supplied ILV with: dies for curtain wall blocks; several CF2 multiple-exit dies for 8×12 […]
TECNOFILIERE SUPPLIES CE MARK APPLICATION WHEELS Tecnofiliere can supply CE mark application wheels as required by European directive 89/106/EC on the marking of clay bricks and masonry units. The marking obligation came into effect as of 01/4/2006. From this date onwards, products not bearing this marking may not be sold in Italy or elsewhere in […]
NEW CF2 WIDE-EXIT EXTRUSION DIE FOR REINFORCED MASONRY Tecnofiliere has been commissioned to build a new extruder die for reinforced masonry by Alan Metauro, for its factory in Novafeltria. It’s about a wide-exit CF2 model die (3 exits) for the production of a 30×25 cm block for reinforced masonry with a percentage of holes of […]
LATER-CER, GROWTH CONTINUES The Argentine company Later-Cer, one of the leading brick and tile producers in Latin America, has evolved in terms of corporate structure and company growth. Trough acquisitions and investments, has increased its production capacity at the parent company’s factory in Pilar and on the other Group companies’ production sites. For the shaping […]
TECNOFILIERE WINS MAJOR SUPPLY CONTRACT TO VELA Tecnofiliere, a leading company in the shaping sector, has completed major supply contract with Vela Spa, a Group based in Corte Franca (Province of Brescia). Under the terms of the agreement, TECNOFILIERE has supplied 20 complete model CF2 wide-exit dies, 2 pressure heads with external braking system and […]
TECNOFILIERE BECOMES THE EXCLUSIVE ITALIAN DISTRIBUTOR OF VAUTID WEAR PARTS As of October 2004, Tecnofiliere has become the exclusive Italian distributor Vautid-Verschleiss-Technik Dr. Ing. Hans Wahl GmbH, a German company operating in the wear parts sector. Wear plates can be used for hardfacing all machinery adopted for clay preparation. With its advanced research centre, Vautid […]
TECNOFILIERE EXPANDS ITS FACILITIES Tecnofiliere, a Modena-based manufacturer of extruder dies, operating facilities at Novi (province of Modena) with the addition of a second production unit to reach a total surface area of more than 2.500 square metres. The new unit houses the newly expanded raw material warehouse, the welding and assembly departments for die-washing […]
IBL, ROOTED IN THE PAST BUT LOOKING TO THE FUTURE The Italian brick and tile industry contains a number of historic companies that have been operating for decades and continue to produce bricks in the time-honoured manner but using increasingly innovative technology. One example is IBL spa, a company whose registered offices and administrative centre […]
TECNOFILIERE REALIZES A SERIES OF NEW AND INNOVATIVE TYPES OF EXTRUDER DIE Displaying the dynamism and enterprise for which it is renowned, TECNOFILIERE recently designed, built and marketed a series of new and innovative types of extruder die. The new four-, five- and six-exit extruder dies for roof tiles are a typical example. Vertical double-exit […]
LA ESCANDELLA AT THE HEAD OF THE WORLD ROOF TILE SECTOR Agost is home to one of the largest roof tile factories in the world, built recently by a major emerging company in the clay product manufacturing sector, La Escandella. The new factory is able to produce 700 tonnes of roof tiles a day; this […]
LA ESCANDELLA CHOOSES TECNOFILIERE In Agost, twenty kilometres north-west of Alicante in Spain, La Escandella is starting up the world’s largest roof tile factory. The plant will extend over an area of 25,000 square metres and produce annually 60 million pressed roof tiles or alternatively between 80 and 110 million extruded bent tiles. TECNOFILIERE, the […]
NEW TYPE OF EXTRUDER DIE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CLAY PIPES Tecnofiliere is unveiling a new type of extruder die for the production of clay pipes. The company developed it using the most advanced 3D design software combined with its enormous expertise in the field of extrusion techniques. The heart of the new extruder die […]
SEL (SOCIETA’ EMILIANA LATERIZI), FLOOR BLOCK SPECIALISTS SEL, a company that has been producing wall and floor blocks since the early 1960’s is located near Modena. The recent plant modernization has increased the factory’s production capacity to about 1,000 tons per day. For the most radical modification, the introduction of wide-exit extrusion, SEL chooses the […]
SEL CHOOSES TECNOFILIERE TECHNOLOGY SEL (Società Emiliana Laterizi), a company which specialises in the production of floor blocks and thermally insulating wall products, recently concluded a large-scale project to modernise its plant by introducing the wide-exit extrusion. TECNOFILIERE, of Novi di Modena, the company that was the first to develop this technology, supplied new dies […]
WIDE-EXIT EXTRUSION: TECNOFILIERE PRESENTS ITS LATEST DEVELOPMENTS At Ceramitec in Munich, Tecnofiliere is presenting its latest developments in the wide-exit extrusion sector. Along with the well-established TFE and CF2 series dies, it will be unveiling new extruder pressure heads, augers, auger cylinders, accessories and die-washing machines. In the field of extruder pressure heads, TECNOFILIERE will […]
INDUSTRIE COTTO POSSAGNO, ETHICS AS THE DRIVING FORCE OF BUSINESS Possagno, a small town in the province of Treviso, is the place where the best clay bent tiles have been produced in Italy. Industrie Cotto Possagno is unquestionably the most important roof tile manufacturer in terms of quality, breadth of product range and services provided. […]
TECNOFILIERE SUPPLIES PLANT TO LUDOWICI ROOF TILE (USA) Ludowici Roof Tile of Lexington, Ohio, a US company that produces a wide range of high quality pressed and extruded roof tiles, has chosen TECNOFILIERE to optimize the extrusion stage for its flagship products. After extensive consulting work on the theme of extrusion, TECNOFILIERE supplied the US […]
TECNOFILIERE PRESENTS THE LATEST VERSION OF THE CF2 EXTRUSION DIE Extrusion is critical for the mechanical strength of products, which in turn is fundamental to their commercial success. TECNOFILIERE has made a significant contribution to improving the extrusion stage by promoting and diffusing the wide-exit technique. In accordance with its company philosophy of constantly improving […]
LATERIZI ALAN METAURO, COMBINING TECHNOLOGY AND TRADITION Given the strong performance on the market, the company Laterizi Alan Metauro decided to make a number of major investments in order to increase the production capacity of its plants, cut costs and improve the quality of finished products. The introduction of wide-exit extrusion was the key factor […]
TECNOFILIERE SUPPLIES EQUIPMENT TO THE VELA GROUP Tecnofiliere, the company based in Novi di Modena specialising in design and production of extruder dies and equipment for the clay industry, recently supplied the Vela Group with two TF800 die-washing machines. The equipment was installed at the facility in Corte Franca (Brescia), which specialises in the production […]
NEW LINE FOR THERMALLY INSULATING BRICKS AND BLOCKS IN SPAIN At Numancia de la Sagra, forty kilometres south of Madrid, leading Spanish heavy clay manufacturer Ceràmica El Mazarròn, has built a new high-quality brick manufacturing facility that makes extensive use of robotized handling. The entire set of extruder dies, four connecting inlets to the vacuum […]
TECNOFILIERE OFFERS THE NEW VERSION OF THE CF2 EXTRUDER DIE Out of the numerous types of extruder dies available on the market, the model CF2 of TECNOFILIERE is one of the most popular amongst users in Italy and abroad. TECNOFILIERE is now offering a new, more advanced, version of this highly successful model. This latest […]
TECNOFILIERE SUPPLIES EXTRUDER DIES TO CERAMICA ENSAMBLADA (SPAIN) Cerensa (Ceràmica Ensamblada) has built a new factory for the production of the innovative loadbearing and curtain wall blocks called Normatris and Biotris, which the Spanish brickworks has begun manufacturing under licence from Fornaci di Masserano. Following the positive experience at Fornaci di Masserano, TECNOFILIERE supplied the […]
REMODELLING AT WIENERBERGER IN VILLABRUNA Major remodelling work has begun at the Wienerberger factory in Villabruna, for the purpose of maximizing the efficiency and the effectiveness of the processes, improving the quality level of products and increasing the plant’s production capacity. As far as the extrusion technology is concerned, the company chose to use wide-exit […]
TECNOFILIERE PRESENTED THE NEW VERSION OF ITS TFE MODEL In accordance with a corporate philosophy geared towards continuous improvement of products and services, TECNOFILIERE recently presented an advanced version of its TFE model extruder die. In the new version, the braking pads are controlled by a special screw built to a TECNOFILIERE design, which combines […]
TECNOFILIERE SUPPLIES PLANT FOR WIENERBERGER FACTORY AT VILLABRUNA New extrusion technology have been introduced at the Wienerberger factory in Villabruna (province of Belluno), as part of large-scale remodelling project aiming to optimize the efficiency of the processes and increase production capacity. The extruder dies, the modified auger cylinder and two new inlets were supplied by […]
THE FRAMES AND CORES OF TECNOFILIERE: DURABILITY AND LONG-TERM INTEGRITY Of the components that make up the structure of an extruder die, the frames and cores are particularly important for obtaining an extrusion geometry that corresponds precisely to product design. Furthermore, their durability and long-term integrity are essential factors for efficiency and quality of the […]
CORMELA: QUALITY THROUGH RENOVATION Cormela, one of the most dynamic Argentine heavy clay manufacturers, is improving the efficiency of its plant in order to remain competitive. The extrusion stage has been totalled revolutionised by introducing a new vacuum extruder equipped with wide-exit extruder dies. The new extruder dies and technical support were provided by TECNOFILIERE, […]
TECNOFILIERE SUPPLIES EQUIPMENT TO EL MAZARRON Tecnofiliere has supplied extrusion equipment for the new factory built by the Spanish El Mazarron Group at Numancia de la Sagra (near Madrid). The extruder dies supplied by TECNOFILIERE will be able to produce hollow bricks with 8 exits, conventional or sound-insulating semi-solid bricks and various sizes of “termoarcilla” […]
