2010/03/18
Urban renewal is an area of construction with high potential in Portugal.

2010/03/01
Luxury, glamour, finesse, class, sophistication, elegance and contemporary describe the Lisbon Casino, which, on the 12th of March, served as the stage for ‘Show Time’ – an exhibition of new collections from the Vista Alegre Atlantis group to its clients.

2010/02/01
Spal was a winner of the Design Plus Award 2010

2006/12/14
Lifestyle – Dress up your life

2006/12/14
Sanitana was founded in 1979, in Anadia ( Portugal). Since 1981, the company has been present in the ceramic bathroom fittings market.
Since the company´s beginnings, sanitana has been a leader in bathroom fitting design and production in Portugal, importing technology and designs from other European countries.
Towards the end of the 1980´s, and in response to the needs of its clients, Sanitana decided to broaden its production portfolio: 1987 saw the constrution of a toilet seat factory, wh

2006/12/14
Foundede in 1947, SECLA is today one of the largest world producers of utility and decorating earthenware. Our factories , covering 30.000 m2 of indstrial area, where we use the most advanced equipemt of the sector, are able to produce 10.000 pieces/year including large series of handpainted pieces.

In accordance to the NP EN ISO 9001:2000 norms, our great involvement in Innovation and Design and in the implementation of Quality Management , will strengthen what our customers already know: T

2006/12/14
A tile is a manufactured piece of hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, porcelain, metal or even glass. Tiles are generally used for covering roofs, floors, and walls, or other objects such as tabletops. Another category are the ceiling tiles, made from lightweight materials such as perlite and mineral wool. The word is derived from the French word tuile, which is, in turn, from the Latin word tegula, meaning a roof tile composed of baked clay. Less precisely, the modern term can refer t

2006/01/17
The Portuguese Trade Commission in cooperation with APICER, the Portuguese Association of Ceramics will organize a pavilion of Portugal's leading ceramic tile and stone factories within ASCTEX, the Architectural Stone and Ceramic Tile Exposition Chicago to promote awareness Portugal's products and producers as well as it's long tradition of supplying high quality materials, innovations and designs.

2006/01/17
APICER will be present at the Coverings show along with the most prestigious Portuguese manufacturers of building materials,

2006/01/17
Founded in 1977 by Adolfo Roque, Revigrés - a private Portuguese company - produces single-fired floor and wall tiles (monoporous tiles) and porcelain tiles, occupying a leading position in the Portuguese ceramics market.

Revigrés is the first Portuguese manufacturer of ceramic wall and floor tiles whose Quality has been certified by the Portuguese Institute for Quality since 1995.

Since its foundation, Revigrés has followed a policy of permanent modernisation and expansion, always being a

2006/01/17
Founded in 1917 by the Roca brothers, Compañía Roca Radiadores, S.A. initially engaged in the production of cast iron radiators.
Roca is known mainly for its sanitary ware, and justly so.
From the technology developed in Cast Iron Radiators, Roca was able to make use of its experience to produce the first Baths and it had the capacity to undertake the manufacture of Vitreous China, anticipating at that time the growth in the construction market.Research, technology and quality have enabled the

2005/12/12
Now you can get the companies associates of the APICER that produces the ceramic product that you are looking for. If you make a SEARCH on the intended products , then you will have access to the names of their respective companies associates of the APICER, as well as the actualized ways of contact same them.
All the manufacturers of the database are members of APICER.

2005/12/12
Bernarda was the first earthenware company to manufacture ceramics in the region of Alcobaça in 1875. Over the years, the company has developed a unique style and a school of artists that made this region an important ceramic production centre, employing a significant number of local labourers.

Each RB item is a life testimony - from the 19th century rural landscapes to the most colourful nature elements…- birds and fishes, fruits and flowers which have inspired those who have been painting

2005/12/12
Recer was founded o 23rd Sept. 1977 to manufacture grés tiles. The area around Oliveira do Bairro was particularly propitious for this kind of industry owing to considerable deposits of high-quality clay used for making grés tiles and other sorts of pottery.

The first guidelines the Company followed were: Quality, Innovation, Sustained Growth and Internationalisation , without, however, losing sight of the targets and specific natures of each potential market.
Recer is the largest company in

2005/10/12
Primus Vitória Inc. was founded on July 2nd 1969 under the name of Primus Vitória Ltd. Primus Victoria Inc. is an industrial company which produces white clay tiles in two traditional sizes: 11x11cm, 15x15cm, used in the covering of both interiors and exteriors.
For centuries Portugal has had an important role in the art of tile production as an historical tradition. It has also been a great contribution to architecture. Portugal is known for its wide selection of tiles.
Primus Vitória is prou

2005/08/11
The Characterization of the subsector of Structural Ceramics, the Products (Roofing tiles, Bricks, Hollow floor blocks and Various) and the Producing Companies constitute this Structural Ceramic Directory 2005.

2005/08/04
Vista Alegre defeated Chinese in the international competition opened by Nestle' for the exclusive supply of coffee cups to Nespresso

2005/08/04
Nextile materialize the actual proposals of the world of design with the most advanced technologies of production, guaranteeing an offer of ceramic products extremely innovative

2005/08/04
Porcel – Industria Portuguesa de Porcelanas, S.A., located at the heart of Portugal about 20 Km from Aveiro city, is a manufacturer of high quality porcelain recognized in its country and internationally.

With a very strict manufacture procedure, precise and detailed, that goes through the choice of the body, imported from Limoges in France, to the manufacturing procedures, and to the placement of the products in the market, Porcel does not forget any single details.

Every day improves and

2005/05/18
Margres is leader in Portugal in the area of floors and coverings in porcelain stoneware.

Its production started in its industrial unit in Ìlhavo (Aveiro) in 1982, being then one of the first porcelain stoneware plants in the world. Since then it contributes to the statement of the porcelain stoneware as the new frontier for ceramics, capable of answering to the requirements of the newest architecture and urbanistic demands.

The porcelain stoneware conjugates the high resistance to the ra

2005/05/18
History
MatCerâmica, is actually, one of the most important European Earthenware factory, operating in portugal. With a work force of 350 people and a cover area of 25.000 m2, the turnover for 2003 will be more than 11.000.000 EUR.
The production capacity is 75.000 pcs per day giving a total out put of 18.000.000 at the end of the year. Owing to a policy of competitive prices and hight level of quality together with a wide range of modern design .



Developing For Clients
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2005/04/18
Louçania is a factory founded in the year of 1996, with the intention to produce articles for catering and food service divisions.

2005/04/18
MARGON – Modern materials and Sheathing in Building, SA was the first company in the branch of structural ceramics to be awarded in 1996 with the title of Certified Enterprise by the IPQ (Portuguese Institute of Quality).
We are aware that quality has become a decisive factor in industrial and commercial development in our highly competitive markets. Thus, the success of an enterprise is based upon Certification as a way to guarantee the implementation and the maintenance of a System of Quality

2005/04/05
The new store places in Boissy Saint Leger, Paris, and has a global area of 1.200 m2 and a hall of exposition with about 500 square meters

2005/04/04
KERATEC - Indústrias Cerâmicas S.A , established since 1999, with a registered capital of 4 million Euros, has seriously invested in the development of porcelain extruded technique and in the most recent and advanced worldwide production technology to innovate the production of wall and floor tiles.
Holder of the most modern portuguese factory within the ceramic industry construction sector with the most advanced technology in the production of porcelain extruded floor and wall tiles, KERATEC

2005/04/04
Maxit- Light Expanded Clay
Aggregate is produced in Portugal by Leca Portugal - Argilas Expandidas, SA, at its factory in Avelar, Leiria.

Leca Portugal is part of the Scancem Group which, with factories in Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, Estonia and Spain, is Europeans largest producer of expanded clay aggregate.

2005/03/29
The Portuguese sector for Building materials offers a wide range of quality products that meet with technical and creative demands from both architects and designers.
In order to keep up-to.-date with the markets latest trends and having invested greatly in research and product development, this industry consists of a vast number of companies that use state of the art technology.

International trade figures show a good performance, with exports reaching 1205 millions Euros and imports 952

2005/02/14
Faria & Bento is focused in two types of ceramic products: Decorative earthenware and tabletop in jasperware.
The decorative earthenware objects offer a wide collection of dishes, pots, carafes, bowls, tea/coffee sets, vases, lamps, flower pots, urns, ashtrays and an assortment of kitchen accessories. Most pieces are individually glazed and painted by hand.

To work at Faria & Bento, is more than simply being talented and skilled: It is also believing in making the difference in better satisf

2005/02/10
In this new site you will be able to consult information of the Company, Fairs where it will be present, Technical Information , Products, Distribution and Contacts.

2005/02/02
You can search for books and other publications of APICER, on ceramic, in the area “Publications”

2005/02/02
At this event Revigrés will present its advances in technical, enamelled and glazed porcelain products,

2005/02/01
SPAL was founded in 1968 with the aim of producing high quality porcelain. To meet this aim we installed the most advanced technology available and took on approximately 600 people in our first production unit in the process of becoming the biggest exporter of porcelain in Portugal.

In 1970, with the objective of stimulating innovation and creativity, two constant aims in SPAL's business philosophy, we promoted a design competition in which first prize was won by Daciano Costa.

We have rec

2005/01/27
The Azulejos São Marcos, Lda., inaugurated recently, its new site in the Internet

2004/12/01
Portugese wall tiles have been installed on a wide range of projects.

2004/03/28
Gresart - Cerâmica Industrial S.A., introduce present range of single fired glazed ceramic tiles,in colours and patterns, distributed among various shapes. They offer a wide variety of applications and conform to the highest standards of quality and design.

2004/03/28
JOMAZE is a company which produce artistical and decorative hand painted ceramic on the most different decorations and shapes, mainly flowerpots, vases, columns, bathroom items, decorative kitchen items and lighting items.
JOMAZE proud it self of presenting products with excellent quality, design, as well as an efficient packing and an competitive price.
Since 1979 that we work beneath this values. Since that, we’ve been increasing our knowledge, to present to the final client the maxim sati

2004/01/21
REVIGRÉS will supply floor tiles to the Airport of Moscow in magnifying phase and remodelling

2003/12/12
For the firs time, a national pavilon featuring Portuguese suppliers of ceramic tiles, marble and stoneare exhibiting at the the Big 5. The beauty of these building materials in inherent in the country´s natural environmente.

2003/11/10
From traditional to contemporary, from rustic to sophisticated you will find that the pieces can blend with any decor and table appointment. Behind the scenes, our pieces are the perfect preparation partners.

With a large variety of Hand-Painted decorations you will find a product elegant for entertaining and suitable for every day use.

We have combined the magnificent properties of Stoneware, an ancient portuguese product, with our creativity. The result is a new product concept!

2003/11/10
In this new site you may observe the innovance, the design and the quality of the stoneware products of Grestel.

2003/11/04
"Estocolmo" is a sensitive and versatile series of rectified tiles, whose aesthetics result from the positive emotions that space and colour convey when Combined.

2003/11/04
The easiware roasting plates were made of stoneware at high temperature, wich provides them the necessary robustness for the continuous domestic use in the oven, microwaves and dishwasher

2003/08/11
Portugese tiles, known as azulejos, adorn the inside and outside of almost every home in Portugal. Although introduced to Iberia by Moors, the fashion continued after they left. The Moors restricted themselves arabesque geometric patterns of triangles, squares, and diamonds, probably because many of them belonged to the Sunni brach of Islam which prohibited images of living things.

2003/07/16
The Vista Alegre Atlantis Group will sponsor Euro 2004 in Portugal

2003/07/14
We are an enterprise who trades biscuit pieces of stoneware and gres.
We produce pieces of roller, press and liquid paste.
In our factory we dont´t glaze or paint, we only produce biscuit pieces.
We have our own models, but we work essentialy with other manufacturers models (models of the client). The models of our clients, are exclusives, they are not used to any other campanies.
Our monthly production is more or less 100,000 pieces.
Quality and a good service is our slogan

2003/06/23
The Isabel Garcia Artistics Ceramics, inaugurated recently, its new site in the Internet.

2003/06/16
Stadiums for the Euro 2004 with Revigrés products

2003/06/16
The Portuguese group Vista Alegre- Atlantis (VA-A) will have, from middle of October, a commercial space in one of the main commercial center of Manila, said a responsible of the company.

2003/05/23
Revigrés has presented at Tektónica its new Author’s collections – ART. These ceramic wall and floor tile collections consist of four projects by as many Portuguese fine artists – sculptors and painters – , who were inspired by the Douro Region, which has been classified as World Heritage.

2003/04/27
Cerâmica de São Paulo is a well-know manufacturer of once-fired ceramic floor tiles, in existence for 40 years.
Continuing to manufacture the Traditional “ SÃO PAULO TIJOLEIRA“, a floor tile in red clay, in various sizes ranging from 10X20 cm to 33X33 cm, they also have created a new line using the latest technology to manufacture 33,3X33,3 cm GLAZED CERAMIC FLOOR TILES in white clay.
New Technologies, service and over 40 years experience in industry are a guarantee of the quality of their pr

2003/04/27
The Cerâmica do Rodeio, Lda. is a producing industrial company of ceramic small vault for the construction. Already with some history in sector terms and with certain importance in region terms, the Cerâmica do Rodeio, L., not only intend to keep this position, but to strengthen it, becoming each more competitive and evaluated in time.

2003/04/22
Porcel , bet in widening its commercial horizontes beyond borders, come about to close an agreement with one of the biggest reproductive North American companies of works of art in Porcelain.

2003/04/21
Cerâmica do Liz - one of the leading Iberian suppliers of refractories and systems for the ceramic, cement, glass, foundry industries and chimney lining. Our comprehensive range of materials includes fireclay, high alumina, acid resistant qualities and cordierite based products.

In addition to its range of refractory products, Cerâmica do Liz is a specialist in the design and manufacturing of low thermal mass kiln car systems.
Cerâmica do Liz products are manufactured in two different plant

2003/04/07
Recovering a vanishing tradition, Cerâmica de Conímbriga settled in Condeixa-a-Nova in 1960, converting this small town in the centre of Coimbra's traditional Portuguese ceramic. Through the hand of the artist who conceived it, Vaz Lameiro, the art of hispano-arabic ceramic and traditional Portuguese faience (15th through 19th centuries) was developed, creating a prestigious name and establishing itself as a school.

Associated to the quality of the region's raw materials, the art of productio

2003/04/03
Product Design Award for Revigrés Porcelanato - Award presentation ceremony in the presence of the President of the Republic

2003/04/03
New Directory of Portuguese Wall and Floor Tiles and Sanitaryware – 2003. This Directory, compiled by APICER – Portuguese Association of Ceramic Industry, is a promotional document of Portuguese wall and floor tiles and sanitaryware, and at the same time, a practical and useful guide to all professionals involved with construction, decoration and renovation of buildings.

2003/04/02
Ipiac-Nery (www.ipiac-nery.com) has supplied a new plant for the production of perforated bricks to Ceramica Ulmense Lda., a company belonging to the Braga-based ACF Group located at Ulme- Chamusca in central Portugal.

2003/03/24
Barbosa Coimbra S.A

The Barbosa Coimbra, S.A. Company, was born in 1904 from the dream of its founder Dr. Alípio Barbosa Coimbra. Since then, Estrela D'Alva Ceramics is a company that strongly invests in investigation and development politics of ceramic products, in a way that each one of us complements the exterior space to the funcionalism and aesthetics of our deepest intimate world.

2003/03/24
Vista Alegre of Brazil creates collection inspired by the mark Coca-Cola

2003/03/17
Created in 1905, with nearly a century of experience, ALELUIA is part of the Portuguese ceramics history. ALELUIA is a high technology firm which operats on a wide scale in the ceramics sector. The firm specializes in the production of floor and wall tiles, as well as decorative pieces which enhance the collection. ALELUIA base their work on a strategy of diversification of both products and markets, whilst maintaining the production of artistic pieces, painted by hand, which enrich the brand, g

2003/03/10
All our ceramic bodies are produced under carefully monitored Quality Controlled conditions.

As many as four ball clays and four kaolin may be used in the production of these bodies and these clay raw materials are subjected to stringent Quality Control testing before being used in our formulations.

Our modern production facility enables us to blend clays in order to minimize natural variations and to ensure consistent quality feed stocks into our body preparation system.

Non plastic

2003/03/05
We welcome you to the world of TopCer Porcelain tiles, where unique sizes, shapes, textures and finishing pieces allow their never ending use in all sorts of wall and floor areas, especially in very demanding ones in what concerns: Breaking Strength, Wear, Acid and Frost Resistance and Non-Slip properties.

Allied to lifetime durability of TopCer tiles, there is the beauty of "Albion" (Victorian) Geometric Panels and Borders, mesh mounted (for speedy accurate installation) to create complex f

2003/02/26
RECER in the CEVISAMA... with the Portuguese Guitar player Chaínho! Between next days 4 and 8 of March, the Spanish city of Valence receives the Cevisama, one of the most important exhibitions of Europe, dedicated for the world of Ceramics.

2003/02/17
20 years of dedication to creating natural tiles , Soladrilho has balanced the dynamics of development with tradition and modernity, giving great respect to the clay, the essence of its products.
In this spirit, Soladrilho relies on high tecnology to give it a daily production of 5400 m2 of extruded floor and wall tiles which are internationally recognised for their quality.

2002/12/02
Ipiac Nery is located in Torres Novas city exactly at the geographic center of Portugal. Ipiac Nery results from the foundation in 1855 of Metalurgica Costa Nery, SA and manufactures isolated machines and complete plants for the red day ceramic industry with several levels of mechanisation or automation according needs.
Actually the company is integrated in the Italian-Spanish Group A. Putin founded in 1963. As a result of this union Ipiac Nery has made contacts with new customers not only in P

2002/10/29
Portuguese Tiles:
The different stages of the development in Portugal

2002/10/23
Portuguese manufacturer Topcer was chosen to supply with ceramic tiles the extension of the Oporto airport.

2002/10/21
The company Fábrica de Porcelana Da Vista Alegre, S.A. have a new site in www.vaempresas.com .

2002/10/14
The history of Vianagrés, being relatively short its however very intense.
In 1987 is the beginning of an industrial ceramic production unit. It took three year to achieve the (almost) definitive dimension. But only in 1994 the new Direction decided to give Vianagrés its deserved projection.
Three main factors were in cause:
The dignity of the group that own the unit.
; The maintenance of all the labor positions in an area lacking of industrial structures.
; The

2002/10/07
Fábrica Viúva Lamego, founded in 1849, located in the down town city area, where the main factory shop is still located (largo do Intendente – Lisboa), was active in the manufacture of both red clayware housewares and white faience tableware and wall tiles.
On entering this century the production of red clayware was finishing, and in it's place the production of tiles became the strength of the factory. In 1930's the factory moved it's base from one District to another, but remaining in the Cit

2002/10/07
Special bilingual edition (Portuguese/English). The major theme of this special number has the subject. The Portuguese Ceramic Industry.

2002/09/23
Fábrica Cerâmica de Valadares S.A. marks its presence in the most important National and International Fairs of its sector.

Our Mission is to conceive and manufacture the best quality ceramic sanitary products, using modern technology to the limits of our installed capacity. We successfully anticipate the needs of the final consumer and we lead the market in terms of support and technical assistance.

2002/09/09
The company Cerâmica da Carriça is a traditional ceramic industry producing heavy clay construction products as roofing tiles and accessories
The company main activity is the production of ceramic roofing tiles although it also manufactures roofing accessories and ceramic floor blocks but at a lower scale. The brick production is occasional according the market needs.

2002/09/09
The Keratec. Indústrias Cerâmicas, s.a., inaugurated officially, in the past day 1 August 2002, its new site in the Internet.

2002/09/09
The Fábrica Cerâmica Viúva Lamego, Lda presents us some of its recent major works in the site www.vl-publicart.com.

2002/08/30
Cerutil is a dynamic Portuguese manufacturer specialised in producing oven-to-table stoneware.

Investing in innovation, quality and service, Cerutil has conquered the confidence of renowned international clients, who have helped on its increasing success throughout the world.

Combining state-of-the-art technology with high production capacity, Cerutil's quality is revealed both in its technical characteristics like high thermal shock and mechanical resistance, as well as in its distinguish

2002/08/30
Cerutil is a dynamic Portuguese manufacturer specialised in producing oven-to-table stoneware.

Investing in innovation, quality and service, Cerutil has conquered the confidence of renowned international clients, who have helped on its increasing success throughout the world.

Combining state-of-the-art technology with high production capacity, Cerutil's quality is revealed both in its technical characteristics like high thermal shock and mechanical resistance, as well as in its distinguish

2002/07/22
The Ceres -Cerâmicas Reunidas SA, with its head office in Vilela -Fornos,
Coimbra, is a company with exclusive national capitals,
born in 1956.

2002/07/19
SPAL creates porcelain service for aerial company TAP

2002/07/16
Founded in 1981, the Cerâmicas S. Bernardo, Lda is in Alcobaça, which is one of the regions where the best Portuguese pottery is made.

At present, they are in a stage of enlarging their facilities and increasing the use of new technologies. Cerâmicas S. Bernardo has 100employees who contribute everyday to keep their products in the highest standards of quality.

2002/06/26
Located in a privileged zone of the Center Region, between the Mountain ranges of the Buçaco and Caramulo, characterized for the excellency of the existing clay pit, the Cerâmica do Vale da Gândara exercise its activity there since 1957.

2002/06/26
Cerâmica Sotelha, S.A. was constituted in 1970 , at that time, it was the firs automated factory to do the manufacture of ceramic roof-tile, with the high European level equipment. With a capital stock of 325.924 millions PTE, it was a soil area of 200.000 m2 , being about a half reserved to the extraction of raw-material and the rest to the industrial activity, where are located the factories that have a covered area of 25.000 m2. Actually, it spits it’s activity by the roof-tile manufacture. F

2002/05/31
ALELUIA, Ceramics, Business and Industry S.A.
Created in 1905, with nearly a century of experience, ALELUIA is part of the Portuguese ceramics industry. ALELUIA is a high technology firm, which operates on a wide scale in ceramics sector. The firm specializes in the production of floor and wall tiles, as well as decorative pieces, which enhance the collection.

2001/08/29
The Ceramic Fabric of Valadares, SA, producer of sanitary ware, launched officially, in the past day 28 June 2001, its site in the InterNet, which was produced by company NNC Web-Multimedia. The interested can since now visit the site www.valadares.com.

2001/08/22
In the years 1997 to 2000, as part of a Study, a number of different conceptual models were drawn up for the development of the structural ceramic industry. In fact the future will probably present a combination of different scenarios. Yet all those who are involved in the branch should be aware of
the fact that only those who act with vision and prudence can influence the future.

2001/06/25
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